Berkeley Springs High School’s team of engineers were one of three groups to drop a pumpkin in the target zone during West Virginia University’s annual Pumpkin Drop competition in Morgantown on October 27. Plummeting pumpkins paved the way for future engineers at the 34th Pumpkin Drop event hosted by the[Read More…]
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Artists invited to create ornaments for the 2023 Artistree
First Lady Cathy Justice and the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History invite West Virginians of all ages, including artists of all disciplines, to create and submit hand-crafted ornaments to be displayed on a Christm as tree at the West Virginia Culture Center this holiday season. Celebrating its[Read More…]
Esther Marie Kave
Esther Marie Kave 1928-2023 Esther Marie Kave, age 95, of Fairmont, W.Va. and formerly of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Monday, October 23, 2023 at Fairmont Medical Center in Fairmont, W.Va. Born June 23, 1928 in Morgan County, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Clarence Elmer Wilson and Bertha Elizabeth Hovermale. Esther was[Read More…]
Streambed stormwater design at depot lot being put in place
by Trish Rudder Construction of the stormwater control feature at the Berkeley Springs Train Depot got substantially underway last week with Pentoney Brothers Contracting LLC doing the work. The innovative stormwater control system on one-third of an acre at the Depot was designed to collect and filter stormwater runoff using[Read More…]
Paw Paw wraps up fall Little League
Walter Louis Householder
Walter Louis Householder 1939-2023 Walter Louis Householder, 84, of Hedgesville, passed away Saturday, October 28, 2023, at his residence. Born April 7, 1939, in Berkeley Springs, he was the son of the late Jerry Franklin Householder and Grace Viola Fox Householder. Walter was a member of Johnsontown Bible Church. He[Read More…]
DNR checking on fish kill
Courthouse officials are awaiting the results of a West Virginia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) investigation into a fish kill in Warm Springs Run late last week to determine if they can proceed with power washing work. Dead fish were spotted in the run downstream of the courthouse and reported[Read More…]
James E. “Jim” Brown
James E. “Jim” Brown 1951-2023 James Ezra “Jim” Brown, 72, of Romney, W.Va., died on Friday, October 27, 2023 at his home. Jim was born on May 5, 1951, in Hancock, Md., to the late Ezra G. and Emma Smith Brown. Jim was a Vietnam Veteran serving in the United[Read More…]
Gayle Richard “Hink” Cain
Gayle Richard “Hink” Cain 1941-2023 Gayle Richard “Hink” Cain, age 82, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Monday, October 23, 2023 at Julia Manor Nursing Home in Hagerstown, Md. Born August 11, 1941 in Morgan County, W.Va., he was the son of James Wilbur Sylvester Cain and Eva Marie Spring Cain.[Read More…]
Liz Sharer
Liz Sharer 1940-2023 Liz “Lula Belle” Sharer “Big Mom”, 83, Clear Spring, Md., passed away Saturday, October 28, 2023, at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Md. Born February 17, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Alvey and Goldie Hull Reed, and the wife of Kenneth Sharer. She was[Read More…]
