by Lisa Schauer Caregivers and residents at War Memorial Hospital’s extended care unit gathered to celebrate one resident’s 100th birthday on Monday, February 13. Surrounded by family members, John Kielek, 100, formerly of Baltimore, was enjoying a birthday lunch of pepperoni pizza, sheet cake and Sprite in the unit’s decorated[Read More…]
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County commits funds to study walking corridor along U.S. 522
by Kate Shunney Morgan County officials have committed to spending $82,000 in Hotel/Motel funds as a match to a federal grant that will study the possibility of creating a pedestrian-safe access path from the Food Lion area in Berkeley Springs to the C&O Canal in Hancock. Commissioners had previously agreed[Read More…]
Small game & trapping seasons run through the end of February, March
West Virginia hunters and trappers have until late February and March to close out various small game seasons. Hunting and trapping seasons for red and gray fox, bobcat and raccoon will close on February 28. Trapping seasons for coyote, otter, mink and muskrat will also close on February 28. The[Read More…]
Bernard Kerns
Bernard Kerns 1955-2023 Bernard Kerns, age 67, of Hancock, Md., died on Monday, February 13, 2023 at Hagerstown Health Care. Born April 11, 1955 in Rantoul, Ill., he was the son of Freda May Younker Kerns of Hancock, Md. and the late Cletus Elson Kerns. He attended Hancock Assembly of[Read More…]
Caryol Jean Evans
Caryol Jean Evans 1943-2023 Caryol Jean Evans passed peacefully out of this life on Friday, February 10, 2023, at her home in Paw Paw, W.Va. She was born January 8, 1943 to George Kenneth and Catherine Eugenia (Flora) Chambers. Both parents preceded her in death and also three brothers, George[Read More…]
Ambrose Thomas Gregory
Ambrose Thomas Gregory 1949-2023 Ambrose Thomas “Tom” Gregory, age 73, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Monday, January 23, 2023 at War Memorial Hospital. Born October 23, 1949 in Webster County, W.Va., he was the son of the late Ernest Clifford and Carrie Velma Wyatt Gregory. He worked as a[Read More…]
Wendell Lewis McCoy
Wendell Lewis McCoy 1950-2023 Wendell Lewis McCoy, age 72, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Sunday, February 5, 2023 at his home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born May 19, 1950 in Morgan County, W.Va., he was the son of the late Samuel Lewis and Agnes[Read More…]
Jeanette Ann Gregory
Jeanette Ann Gregory 1935-2023 Jeanette Ann Gregory, age 87, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, February 9, 2023 at her home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born September 10, 1935 in Southington, Conn., she was the daughter of the late Albert Leland and Anette Bishop[Read More…]
Joseph Reynolds Breakall
Joseph Reynolds Breakall 1941-2023 Joseph Reynolds Breakall (Pete), Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away, Friday, February 10, 2023, at his home in Warfordsburg. Born July 23, 1941, he was the son of the late Joseph Lloyd Breakall and Mable Ruth Breakall. In his earlier years, Joseph worked for Powlen Equipment Company in[Read More…]
Sue Carol Miller
Sue Carol Miller 1938-2023 Sue Carol Miller, 84, of Paw Paw, West Virginia went to her heavenly home on Sunday, February 12, 2023. She was born September 6, 1938 at Paw Paw and was the daughter of the late Paul Randolph Kidwell and Rhoda Mary Peters Kidwell. She was a graduate[Read More…]