In-person early voting throughout West Virginia will begin Wednesday, October 26. Early voting will be available to eligible voters for 10 days. All 55 counties offer early voting for those eligible voters wanting to cast a ballot in person prior to Election Day. A registered voter can vote early at[Read More…]
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Chip Shots – I can remember
I can remember by Jim Buzzerd I’m old enough to remember the West Virginia University football team being perennially irrelevant. I began paying attention to WVU athletics circa 1963 when the Mountaineers were in the Southern Conference. As an eight year old I didn’t really have much of a perspective[Read More…]
TBS reports 57% increase in tourism
by Trish Rudder & Kate Shunney Travel Berkeley Springs (TBS) president Stephanie Rebant told the Bath Town Council that tourism is on the rise in Morgan County with a 20-30% lodging increase over last year. She told the council on October 18 that the hotel/motel tax revenue collected by the[Read More…]
King and Queen
Sugar Hollow and Winchester Grade Roads closed starting Thursday
Sugar Hollow Road, County Route 38/14, will be closed 24 hours a day beginning Wednesday, October 26, to allow contractors to install a box culvert. The closure is expected to last one month. The closure will be located on the north end of Sugar Hollow Road. There will be a[Read More…]
Gibson Blake Fravel
Gibson Blake Fravel 2004-2022 Gibson Blake Fravel, 18, of Paw Paw, unexpectedly went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at Paw Paw. He was born October 1, 2004 at Cumberland, Maryland and was the son of Justin Fravel and Talia Bosley Fravel. He was a Senior[Read More…]
Sue Ellen Schwartzbeck
Sue Ellen Schwartzbeck 1963-2022 Sue Ellen Schwartzbeck, age 59, of Kearneysville, W.Va., died on Friday, October 21, 2022 at WVU Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va. Born July 15, 1963 in Olney, Md., she was the daughter of Helen Marie Beach Schwartzbeck of Berkeley Springs, W.Va. and the late James Levi[Read More…]
Roxanna Louise Herbert-Lucas
Roxanna Louise Herbert-Lucas 1953-2022 Roxanna “Roxi” Louise Herbert-Lucas, 69, of Clear Spring, Md., passed away Sunday, October 23, 2022, at Doey’s House in Hagerstown, Md. Born July 22, 1953, in Hagerstown, Md., she was the daughter of the late Charles Roger Baker and Hilda Louise (Yeakle) Kayser. Roxi was a[Read More…]
County agrees to bigger match for new voting machines
by Kate Shunney During a special meeting last Wednesday, October 12, the Morgan County Commission voted to boost the local cash match to a grant that will buy 75 new voting machines for the county. Previously, commissioners agreed to commit $217,037 from county carryover funds to act as a 50%[Read More…]
High school mourns loss of student, offers counseling support
A 17-year-old male Berkeley Springs High School student passed away last week. School officials made the announcement about the death, but did not release any information about the cause of the young man’s passing. Social workers were on hand at the high school last Thursday and Friday for students that[Read More…]
