by Kate Shunney Following a show of pink water lilies in bloom earlier this summer in Hancock’s section of the C&O Canal, the canal prism is now home to another botanical show – the blooming of American lotus. In a small watered section of the canal prism to the east[Read More…]
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CEOS Garden Club to host groundbreaking for accessible community garden & 9/11 Memorial garden
The Morgan County Community Educational Outreach Service (C.E.O.S.) Garden Club in partnership with the Morgan County Commissioners and WVU Extension will be breaking ground on a future ADA accessible community garden, the 9/11 Memorial Universal Garden, on Wednesday, September 11 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The public is invited[Read More…]
Developer won’t carry KOA campground forward, seeks options to add land to Cacapon State Park or other uses
by Kate Shunney The principal owner of Scenic LLC, the company that was poised to develop acreage below the Panorama Overlook into a KOA campground for RVs in Great Cacapon told Morgan County Commissioners on July 17 that his company won’t carry the project forward. Citing “shockingly bad timing for[Read More…]
Brimelow resigns as VDARE editor, suspends group’s website
by Kate Shunney Citing legal pressure from the New York Attorney General related to her investigation into the charitable status of VDARE Foundation, the head of the Foundation and editor of VDARE.com, Peter Brimelow, announced last week that he was stepping down from both roles with the organization. The site[Read More…]
Paw Paw resident charged with two others in Berkeley County drug stop
The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department seized more than 158 “caps” of suspected fentanyl during a traffic stop on Thursday, August 1 and charged three individuals with drug trafficking, including one person from Paw Paw. According to a press release from the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department, Deputy Kolb conducted a traffic[Read More…]
Back-to-school bash to be held rain or shine
by Lisa Schauer Berkeley Springs’ 10th annual back-to-school bash will be held rain or shine at Warm Springs Intermediate School on Friday, August 9. Haircuts will be given for free from 4 until 6 p.m. School supplies will be given away for free from 5 until 7 p.m. In the[Read More…]
WVDNR to conduct deer spotlight surveys in August & September
Personnel with the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) will be conducting deer spotlight surveys in all WVDNR districts during the months of August and September. During the survey period, WVDNR personnel will be driving designated routes and using spotlights at night to count deer from county roads. This[Read More…]
Ronald William VanGosen
Ronald William VanGosen 1939-2024 Ronald William “Ronnie” VanGosen, age 85, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at War Memorial Hospital. Born March 29, 1939 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Berkeley Carter and Martha Ellen Barney VanGosen. He was a Christian.[Read More…]
Doris Jean Spring
Doris Jean Spring 1938-2024 Doris Jean Spring, age 85, of Great Cacapon, W.Va., died on Thursday, August 1, 2024 at her home surrounded by her family and while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born August 21, 1938 in Great Cacapon, W.Va., she was the daughter of the[Read More…]
Four shot at Monday party, police looking for shooter
by Kate Shunney The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the circumstances surrounding a shooting at a Monday evening party in eastern Morgan County that left four individuals wounded. Two of those people were receiving medical care on Tuesday morning – one at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown and the[Read More…]
