by Lisa Schauer Friday night concerts are back for the summer on Charlotte’s Café Garden Stage at the Ice House in Berkeley Springs. The opening-night headliner on May 31 was northern Virginia-based instrumental jam band FeelFree, with special guests Lady Hatchet and Jade. People of all ages danced to the[Read More…]
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Repairs being planned for the Hancock Bridge over the Potomac, too
by Geoff Fox The bridge carrying traffic over the Potomac River and Hancock is approaching 90 years old and has seen its fair share of potholes and damage over those years. When the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration announced work on the U.S. 522 bridge over I-70, many[Read More…]
School board approves final $37.4 million budget
by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board approved their final 2024-2025 Morgan County Schools budget at their May 21 meeting. The budget’s projected revenues and expenditures total $37,458,541. That figure is $34,080 less than last year’s budget total. The total includes the combined general current expense fund, the special[Read More…]
Summer library program taking sign-ups now
by Kate Evans This summer the Morgan County Public Library has two programs for ages 6-12 (first through fifth grade) with a STEM focus (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), library director Sarah Drennan said. In Nature Lab, kids will learn about nature and West Virginia by creating their own nature[Read More…]
Rhonda Sue Miller White
Rhonda Sue Miller White 1967-2024 On Wednesday, May 15, 2024, Rhonda Sue Miller White, age 56, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, passed away after a battle with congestive heart failure. She was born in Prince George’s County, Maryland in 1967 to Dennis L. Miller and the late Ruth E. Miller. Rhonda[Read More…]
Michael Wayne Chalupka
Michael Wayne Chalupka 1946-2024 Michael Wayne Chalupka, Sr., 78, passed away, Monday May 27, 2024, at his home in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. Born Wednesday, May 15, 1946, Hagerstown, Md., he was the son of the late Paul and Lizetta (Spiker) Chalupka, and the husband of Dixie Souders Chalupka. He was[Read More…]
Linda Kay McCumbee
Linda Kay McCumbee 1948-2024 Linda Kay McCumbee, age 76, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Saturday, June 1, 2024 at War Memorial Hospital. Born February 25, 1948 in Washington County, Ore., she was the daughter of the late Charles Carroll and Anita Mae Morgan Randleman. She was a 1966 class[Read More…]
Marvin Shambaugh
Marvin Shambaugh 1959-2024 Marvin “Dean” Shambaugh, 65, of Great Cacapon, West Virginia departed this life on Monday, May 13, 2024 at his home, after a long illness. He was born May 11, 1959 at Berkeley Springs and was the son of the late Marion “Ike” Albert Shambaugh and Essie ReEtta[Read More…]
Janet Lorane Henderson
Janet Lorane Henderson Janet Lorane Henderson, 87, Hancock, Md., passed away May 26, 2024, surrounded by her loving family, at Meritus Medical Center, Hagerstown, Md. Born in Fulton County, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Lena Truax and Guy Yonker. She married David Henderson, and as that chapter[Read More…]
Richard James Wills
Richard James Wills 1946-2024 Richard James Wills, age 77, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, May 30, 2024 at Hospice of the Panhandle Inpatient Care Facility in Kearneysville, W.Va. Born July 1, 1946 in Hagerstown, Md., he was the son of the late Mary Swella McCumbee Wills. He was[Read More…]
