by Jamie Harris The Berkeley Springs Lady Indians soccer team was back on the pitch this past week with a pair of road games. On Wednesday, September 20 the Lady Indians traveled to Hagerstown, Md., for a contest at St. James. St. James used a fast pace and jumped out[Read More…]
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WSMS Wolves Golf captures PVL Tournament Championship to complete undefeated season
Swink earns Low Medalist Honors, Firl & Gray earn All-PVL by Jamie Harris Throughout the middle school golf season the Warm Springs Middle School Wolves golf team kept winning match after match. Last Thursday, September 21, at Cacapon Resort State Park the stage was set for the second year program[Read More…]
Berkeley Springs Cross Country running hard
by Jamie Harris The long distance runners from Berkeley Springs High School had two events they participated in this past week. Each event has shown the young Indians team getting faster with each race. On Tuesday, September 19 the Indians traveled to Keyser for a contest. The Keyser course will[Read More…]
Sen. Capito visits 522 Bypass for briefing on highway project
by Kate Shunney Last Thursday, September 21, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito set foot on a Morgan County highway project that she supported and designated funds for more than a decade ago when she was a Congresswoman. Capito came to Berkeley Springs in the afternoon between a session of the[Read More…]
Got apples? Enter the Apple Butter Festival Baking Contest!
Do you love the smell of apples cooking filling your house? Have a recipe passed down through generations or like to experiment and make up your own? Enter your baking at the 48th Annual Apple Butter Festival Baking Contest! Any recipe that features apples may be entered in the contest. [Read More…]
Morgan County Schools plans to weigh programs as COVID funding goes away
by Kate Evans The Morgan County Board of Education’s financial situation has improved over the past several years with the receipt of COVID-related monies and an increase in net position. Net position is the difference between everything the school system owns and what they owe. However, Morgan County Schools Treasurer[Read More…]
County chooses vendor for $400K emergency paging system upgrade
by Kate Shunney Morgan County Commissioners selected one of three vendors who bid to upgrade the countywide emergency paging system. On the recommendation of 911 Director Marshall Younker and a panel of reviewers, commissioners on September 20 chose G Tech Communications of Hampshire County to install a new paging system[Read More…]
School board asks Superintendent to focus on math & reading scores, ARP spending for school year
by Kate Evan The Morgan County School Board chose three goals for Morgan County Schools Superintendent Kristen Tuttle to achieve during the 2023-2024 school year. Her annual evaluation will be based on these goals. Goals Tuttle’s first goal is that Morgan County students will improve reading and math scores by[Read More…]
Mother taken into custody and children safe after search
The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department assisted with the location of a mother and two sons involved in a parental kidnapping case last week. Sheriff K.C. Bohrer said grandparents here contacted his office with concerns. The local residents told police they didn’t know where their two grandchildren were but thought they[Read More…]
“Faces of Berkeley Springs” photo show final gift to an adopted community
by Kate Shunney The culminating work of a professional photographer and photography professor hangs in the Ice House gallery in downtown Berkeley Springs now through the first week of November. It’s not a career retrospective or sampling from photos taken around the world, but a collection of local faces. “Faces[Read More…]
