David Abner

The Town of Bath Council voted to help fund a survey of Greenway Cemetery as a first step toward annexing the property at the October 16 meeting.

In announcing the designation of a Mid-Atlantic National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor on October 2, the U.S. Department of Energy has subjected 42 counties in West Virginia to eminent domain authority to site power transmission lines

Cathy and Jim Rummel opened Cathy's Art, an art, jewelry, gift shop and studio, on October 5. The shop is located at 91 N. Washington Street, beside Mi Ranchito Mexican Restaurant.

West Virginia Division of Highways has once again postponed the repaving of Wilkes Street between Fairfax Street and Route 9 west. Work was originally scheduled to start on the street in mid-July, but was delayed and rescheduled for the beginning of next year.

In mid-September, Mayor Susan Webster was told by Highway Superintendent John Coleman that the project would be completed by April 30, 2008. Webster had asked the DOH to schedule a meeting with the town and Wilkes Street residents to discuss the project.

Dawn and Randy Beal appeared before Bath Town Council October 2 to discuss issues confronting residents of Rockwell Street and Rockwell Circle.

The Beals hosted a block party on Saturday, September 29 to get neighbors together to talk about community problems.

A three-year-old toddler was spotted by State Police Sgt. C. A. Mahood playing alone in the Warm Springs Restaurant parking lot, apparently getting ready to cross heavily traveled U.S. 522.

"I stopped the car, turned on the lights and stopped traffic. Then I put the boy in the police car," Mahood said.

Bryan Heironimus, a 1988 graduate of Berkeley Springs High School and employee at Dawson's Ace Hardware, thought he had an idea to make BSHS football more colorful. He approached David Omps, manager and owner of Dawson's, with his idea and Omps readily agreed.

Heironimus enlisted the help of his friend Greg Stotler and together, with eight five-gallon cans each of blue and yellow paint and paint sprayers from Dawson's rental shop, painted the end zones of the BSHS football field.

The Apple Butter Parade Committee has selected fifth generation farmer Philip W. (Phil) Harmison to be Grand Marshal of the parade in Berkeley Springs on Saturday, October 6.

Recently Harmison, dressed in his work clothes talked |about farming, his family, the land and life in Morgan County. He was supported by a cane due to an injury to his leg suffered while taking down a tree limb. "I still get up to feed the cows before the sun comes up over Sleepy Creek Mountain," Harmison, 72, said, as he leaned against a fence under a shade tree.

The Town of Bath Streetscape Committee is sending out a request this week to potential bidders for the design of a comprehensive streetscape plan and specifications for work on Wilkes, Congress and Independence streets as the first part of the project.

Committee members received approval to begin the process from West Virginia Division of Highways last week. A legal advertisement for consultant services is also being placed in local newspapers.

No charges have been pressed against a Town of Bath police officer as a result of an accident at the intersection of Washington and Fairfax streets at 4:25 p.m. on Monday afternoon, September 17.

Town Patrolman 1st Class Richard Haynes was driving north on South Washington Street when his 2004 Dodge Intrepid police cruiser struck a 2000 Buick Century driven by Eileen Clark, according to the report by State Police Corporal E. D. Widmeyer.