by Jamie Harris The Berkeley Springs High School Track & Field teams were in action this past week with two meets. Both teams were able to show how much improvement they have made since the start of the season. On Tuesday, April 16, Berkeley Springs traveled to Frankfort High School[Read More…]
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Lady Indians Softball picks up wins over Hancock, Hampshire, Hedgesville & Grafton
by Jamie Harris The Berkeley Springs Lady Indians softball team was back in action this week with another grinder week. Berkeley Springs played seven games in six days and was able to pick up four wins to push their season record to 8- 16. On Monday, April 15, the Lady[Read More…]
Paw Paw Postmaster Lori Davis retires after 37-year career
by Kate Evans Longtime Paw Paw Postmaster Lori Davis officially retired last Friday, April 19 after 37 years of service to the United States Post Office. The community held an Open House Retirement Celebration for Davis on Tuesday, April 16 to honor her service to local residents and businesses. Davis[Read More…]
West Virginia State Parks presents Lifetime Achievement Award for Volunteerism & Leadership to Jim Michael
Stumped about how to properly recognize the contributions of Jim Michael to Cacapon State Park and the entire West Virginia State Parks system, state park officials invented a new honorarium and presented it to Michael on April 13. Michael received the first-ever West Virginia State Parks Lifetime Achievement Award in[Read More…]
Park ribbon cutting celebrates former superintendent Chris Hansroth
by Trish Rudder The Berkeley Springs State Park Foundation celebrated the park’s facelift on Friday, April 19 with memories, its history and a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new bridge honoring the late park superintendent Chris Hansroth, who died in 2017. The Foundation president, Pete Gordon said when he became[Read More…]
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Myers is Morgan County Teacher of the Year
by Kate Evans Robert Myers, Berkeley Springs High School band director, choir director and music teacher, was named Morgan County Teacher of the Year at the April 16 Morgan County School Board meeting. Nominees for the award are considered outstanding teachers and exceptionally dedicated, knowledgeable and skilled. They inspire students[Read More…]
Widmyer Elementary gets nearly $4 million for HVAC project
by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools will receive $3,924,284 in additional West Virginia School Building Authority funding for replacement of all Widmyer Elementary heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) units. The Morgan County Schools NEEDS project submitted last fall to the West Virginia School Building Authority included the Widmyer HVAC[Read More…]
Watershed group meets with highway & environmental officials to plan replanting areas disturbed by bypass
The Warm Springs Watershed Association (WSWA) hosted a charrette in Morgantown last Thursday with the West Virginia Department of Transportation Environmental Compliance Officer, Doug Kirk, and the staff of West Virginia Division of Highways Environmental Resources Program Managers to examine the potential of reforestation of the U.S. 522 Bypass right[Read More…]
Ronald Lee Stotler
Ronald Lee Stotler 1941-2024 Ronald Lee “Hollywood” Stotler, 83, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg. He was born March 29, 1941 at Berkeley Springs, West Virginia and was the son of the late Stanley Leon Stotler and Naomi Jessie Powell[Read More…]
