by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools Superintendent David Banks’s goals for the 2024-2025 school year were approved at the end of the September 3 Morgan County School Board meeting after the board went into executive session to consider them. Banks’ goals encompass student achievement, facility and extracurricular improvements, reading initiatives[Read More…]
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Pawpaw Festival had sunny skies, music and fruity fun
The first Pawpaw Festival held in Paw Paw, West Virginia had great weather and big crowds on Saturday, September 14. Todd McCree, (pictured) owner of Great Escape Farms in Romney, and Neal Peterson, owner of Peterson Pawpaws in Harpers Ferry, both gave presentations about pawpaws at the festival in a[Read More…]
9/11 Memorial Universal Garden opens at The Pines
by Lisa Schauer A 9/11 memorial universal garden opened in Morgan County on Wednesday, September 11 in a somber yet poignant ceremony held at the West Virginia Extension Service behind the old War Memorial Hospital. A universal garden is one that is friendly and inclusive. It has beds, a work surface,[Read More…]
Governor launches School Safety Task Force after widespread school threats last week
by Kate Shunney Threats of violence at more than 45 West Virginia schools last week disrupted learning and spread fear in communities around the state and has triggered the formation of a new governor’s taskforce to respond to the phenomenon. Online threats or comments about alleged threats were directed at[Read More…]
House & barn fire being investigated as possible arson
A Saturday afternoon fire that drew response from companies around the region is being investigated as a possible arson, according to the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department. Fire units were dispatched to Mattjack Trail off Spriggs Road near Highland Ridge on September 14. The fire destroyed a barn and partially burned[Read More…]
Esther Katherine Cowgill
Esther Katherine Cowgill 1936-2024 Esther Katherine Cowgill, 88, of Slanesville, W.Va. passed away on Sunday, September 15, 2024 at Country House, Cumberland, Md. Born on March 29, 1936 in Wildcat Hollow, Md., near Cumberland, she was the daughter of the late George A. Stafford and Clementine K. (Duckworth) Stafford. Along[Read More…]
Matthew Keith Dawson
Matthew Keith Dawson 1965-2024 Matthew Keith Dawson, age 58, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed this life on Friday, September 6, 2024 at his home. Born November 12, 1965 in Morgan County, W.Va., he was the first born son of Mark and Ethelene Merchant Dawson. He attended Union Chapel United Methodist[Read More…]
Harold L. Unger
Harold L. Unger Harold Lee Unger, 68, of Berkeley Springs, died on Thursday, September 12, 2024 at War Memorial Hospital. Arrangements will be announced by Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 95 Union Street, Berkeley Springs.
David Lee Maguire
David Lee Maguire 1940-2024 David Lee Maguire , 84, of Slanesville, W.Va. died Sunday, September 15, 2024 at his home. He was born August 28, 1940 at Baltimore, Md. and was the son of the late James Francis Maguire and Irma Foster. He was a Veteran, having served in the[Read More…]
Colleen Ann Wainwright
Colleen Ann Wainwright 1962-2024 Colleen Ann Wainwright, 62, of Great Cacapon, W.Va. passed away Thursday, September 12, 2024 at her home. She was born March 1, 1962 in Baltimore, Md. and was the daughter of the late James Edward Phaneuf, Sr. and Beverley Jean Hessie. She worked as a legal[Read More…]
