admin, Author at Morgan Messenger https://www.morganmessenger.com/author/admin/ Founded in 1893 by S.S. Buzzerd Wed, 05 Oct 2022 15:02:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.morganmessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/fav-150x150.jpg admin, Author at Morgan Messenger https://www.morganmessenger.com/author/admin/ 32 32 Teen’s mental health project creates high school dance & movement room https://www.morganmessenger.com/2022/09/28/teens-mental-health-project-creates-high-school-dance-movement-room/ Wed, 28 Sep 2022 08:50:19 +0000 http://www.morganmessenger.com/?p=13779 by Kate Evans Jillian Fortney, Berkeley Springs High School junior,  has created a dance and focused movement room at Berkeley Springs High School for her Girl Scout Gold Award “Moving for Teen Mental Health” project. Fortney is also spreading information about teen mental health and ways for teens to cope[Read More...]

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Jillian Fortney (right), a Berkeley Springs High School junior, and other high school dance team members paint the new dance room at the high school as part of Fortney’s Girl Scout Gold Award “Moving for Teen Mental Health” project. Photo by Holli McCumbee

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Jillian Fortney, Berkeley Springs High School junior,  has created a dance and focused movement room at Berkeley Springs High School for her Girl Scout Gold Award “Moving for Teen…

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]]> Berkeley Springs post office front damaged in accident https://www.morganmessenger.com/2022/09/28/berkeley-springs-post-office-front-damaged-in-accident/ Wed, 28 Sep 2022 08:30:30 +0000 http://www.morganmessenger.com/?p=13776 An accidental collision between a Ford Escape and the front of the Berkeley Springs post office last Thursday has caused structural damage to the front door area but didn’t result in any injuries. Deputy Tony Link of the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department said a local resident in her mid-70s went[Read More...]

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]]> An accidental collision between a Ford Escape and the front of the Berkeley Springs post office last Thursday has caused structural damage to the front door area but didn’t result in any injuries.

Deputy Tony Link of the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department said a local resident in her mid-70s went to pull into the post office parking lot and accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brakes, striking the brick corner of the building.

Deputy…

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]]> Man jailed for violating sex offender conditions of parole https://www.morganmessenger.com/2022/09/28/man-jailed-for-violating-sex-offender-conditions-of-parole/ Wed, 28 Sep 2022 08:24:14 +0000 http://www.morganmessenger.com/?p=13773 West Virginia State Police troopers have jailed a Berkeley Springs man on charges that he violated the requirements of his sec offender registry here. According to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court, Roy Rankin Jr., 36, of Rankin Lane was arrested on a warrant issued September 22[Read More...]

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]]> West Virginia State Police troopers have jailed a Berkeley Springs man on charges that he violated the requirements of his sec offender registry here.

According to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court, Roy Rankin Jr., 36, of Rankin Lane was arrested on a warrant issued September 22 for failing to register or update information with the West Virginia Sex Offender Registry.

Sgt. J.D See reported that the State Police had been contacted…

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]]> Carrie Holloway is new Berkeley Springs High Assistant Principal https://www.morganmessenger.com/2022/09/27/carrie-holloway-is-new-berkeley-springs-high-assistant-principal/ Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:23:10 +0000 http://www.morganmessenger.com/?p=13770 by Kate Evans Carrie Holloway was hired as a new Berkeley Springs High School Assistant Principal at the September 6 Morgan County School Board meeting. High school Assistant Principal Kevin Pittsnogle  recently resigned. Holloway’s effective start date for her position hasn’t been determined yet. Holloway joins Berkeley Springs High School[Read More...]

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Carrie Holloway was hired as a new Berkeley Springs High School Assistant Principal at the September 6 Morgan County School Board meeting. High school Assistant Principal Kevin Pittsnogle  recently resigned. Holloway’s effective start date for her position hasn’t been determined yet.

Holloway joins Berkeley Springs High School Principal Mitch Nida and Assistant Principal Matthew Bender on the high school’s administrative team.

Experience

Holloway said she is in her 10th year of education…

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]]> Recovery funds help offset rising costs for Morgan County Schools, says treasurer https://www.morganmessenger.com/2022/09/27/recovery-funds-help-offset-rising-costs-for-morgan-county-schools-says-treasurer/ Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:20:59 +0000 http://www.morganmessenger.com/?p=13767 by Kate Evans The Morgan County Board of Education’s financial situation continues to improve as additional federal and state COVID-19 recovery monies bolstered their finances this past year during Fiscal Year 2022. Morgan County Schools Treasurer Ann Bell said that the school system is planning for how to sustain everything[Read More...]

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The Morgan County Board of Education’s financial situation continues to improve as additional federal and state COVID-19 recovery monies bolstered their finances this past year during Fiscal Year 2022.

Morgan County Schools Treasurer Ann Bell said that the school system is planning for how to sustain everything when those recovery and stimulus funds aren’t available in 2024. Bell presented her annual financial review at the September 20 school board meeting.

Net position

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]]> Bath water line replacement project will take months to finish https://www.morganmessenger.com/2022/09/27/bath-water-line-replacement-project-will-take-months-to-finish/ Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:18:50 +0000 http://www.morganmessenger.com/?p=13760 by Trish Rudder About 10% of the work on the Phase IV Town of Bath Water line replacement project has been done as of August 28. Councilman Chris Chapman, who chairs the Berkeley Springs Water Works (BSWW) committee, said the anticipated project finish date is February 27 because the project[Read More...]

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About 10% of the work on the Phase IV Town of Bath Water line replacement project has been done as of August 28.

Councilman Chris Chapman, who chairs the Berkeley Springs Water Works (BSWW) committee, said the anticipated project finish date is February 27 because the project is done is phases.

He said the new lines have to be set, tested and treated before the lines are operational.

“It’s a stop and…

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]]> Heath named West Virginia Chef Ambassador https://www.morganmessenger.com/2022/09/27/13763/ Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:17:48 +0000 http://www.morganmessenger.com/?p=13763 A Berkeley Springs chef has been named one of nine new “Chef Ambassadors” for West Virginia. Governor Jim Justice lauded Berkeley Springs local Damian Heath and eight other top-level chefs from across West Virginia as one of the state’s first Chef Ambassadors at the Governor’s Conference on Tourism held in[Read More...]

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]]> A Berkeley Springs chef has been named one of nine new “Chef Ambassadors” for West Virginia.

Governor Jim Justice lauded Berkeley Springs local Damian Heath and eight other top-level chefs from across West Virginia as one of the state’s first Chef Ambassadors at the Governor’s Conference on Tourism held in Huntington earlier this month.

Executive Chef Damian Heath, representing West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle, owns Lot 12 Public House with his wife Betsy Heath. He is…

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]]> No races change as uncounted ballots tabulated from May primary https://www.morganmessenger.com/2022/09/24/no-races-change-as-uncounted-ballots-tabulated-from-may-primary/ Sat, 24 Sep 2022 13:59:36 +0000 http://www.morganmessenger.com/2022/09/24/no-races-change-as-uncounted-ballots-tabulated-from-may-primary/ County seeks legal remedy to add ballots to vote totals Candidates, clerks and County Commission staff stand in the election vault on Wednesday, September 21. Pictured, from left, is a Secretary of State’s investigator, Bill Clark, Darren Thorne, Ken Reed, GW Easton, Commissioner Sean Forney and Prosecuting Attorney Dan James. Clerks from the Morgan County [...]

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]]> County seeks legal remedy to add ballots to vote totals Candidates, clerks and County Commission staff stand in the election vault on Wednesday, September 21. Pictured, from left, is a Secretary of State’s investigator, Bill Clark, Darren Thorne, Ken Reed, GW Easton, Commissioner Sean Forney and Prosecuting Attorney Dan James. Clerks from the Morgan County Clerk’s office on Thursday tabulate votes from paper rolls from the county’s voting machines. County Clerk Kim Nickles, Erin Mowery…

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]]> Charges pending against driver who struck tree https://www.morganmessenger.com/2022/09/24/charges-pending-against-driver-who-struck-tree/ Sat, 24 Sep 2022 13:59:27 +0000 http://www.morganmessenger.com/2022/09/24/charges-pending-against-driver-who-struck-tree/ A head-on collision between a white work truck and a large tree along Waugh Road sent the driver and lone occupant of the vehicle to the hospital for medical care last Thursday, September 15. Sheriff K.C. Bohrer said police were advised to be on the lookout for the white truck with a cap with Maryland [...]

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]]> A head-on collision between a white work truck and a large tree along Waugh Road sent the driver and lone occupant of the vehicle to the hospital for medical care last Thursday, September 15. Sheriff K.C. Bohrer said police were advised to be on the lookout for the white truck with a cap with Maryland tags as members of the public reported it was driving recklessly in multiple locations in the county. According to Bohrer,…

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]]> It’s Stacy–Healthy Eats: String Beans https://www.morganmessenger.com/2022/09/24/its-stacy-healthy-eats-string-beans/ Sat, 24 Sep 2022 13:59:16 +0000 http://www.morganmessenger.com/2022/09/24/its-stacy-healthy-eats-string-beans/ String beans My fondest memories of my Great Grandmother Arizona Henry were of us sitting on the screened-in back porch snapping string beans. She always called green beans, string beans. For hours my sister Lisa and I sat and snapped beans with my Grandma. She would try to make it fun by telling us that [...]

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]]> String beans My fondest memories of my Great Grandmother Arizona Henry were of us sitting on the screened-in back porch snapping string beans. She always called green beans, string beans. For hours my sister Lisa and I sat and snapped beans with my Grandma. She would try to make it fun by telling us that after we were finished we could have ice cream or soda. Soda was always a special treat because we normally…

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