Elton Eugene Ensor, Sr. 1925-2022 Elton Eugene Ensor, Sr., 97, passed away Friday, November 25, 2022, at his home in Warfordsburg, Pa. Born February 8, 1925, in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of the late Noah and Ethel (Little) Ensor, and the widower of Thelma Vivian Ensor. He proudly[Read More…]
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Chip Shots – Limbo
Limbo by Jim Buzzerd It’s early Tuesday morning and West Virginia University has yet to announce the hiring of a new athletic director to replace Shane Lyons who departed a week ago amid building turmoil surrounding head football coach Neal Brown. As the football team struggled this fall at times[Read More…]
Seniors Gabriel Clark & Isaac Harris ready to lead Indians Wrestling in 2022-2023 season
Last high school wrestling season, the Berkeley Springs Indians qualified seven wrestlers to the Class A/AA State Wrestling Championships in Huntington. Four of those seven earned all-state honors and three of the four return back to the Indians line up this winter. Berkeley Springs enters the 2022-2023 wrestling season with[Read More…]
Unfilled school positions impact student learning, staff coverage across county
by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools is in great need of teachers and substitutes in every category of positions, from professional, service personnel, short-term and long-term substitute teachers. School Superintendent Kristen Tuttle said the county needs substitute aides, bus drivers, cooks, secretaries, nurses and custodians along with teachers. School vacancies[Read More…]
Morgan County EMS nationally recognized
Morgan County EMS has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Silver Plus award for its commitment to offering rapid and research-based care to people experiencing the most severe form of heart attacks, ultimately saving lives. Each year, more than 250,000 people experience a type of heart attack known[Read More…]
McDaniel passes on metal arts through blacksmithing school & guides
by Kate Evans Tucked away in southern Morgan County is master blacksmith Randy McDaniel’s Expressive Metals School of Blacksmithing shop where McDaniel teaches personal basic to advanced blacksmith classes to serious students of the art. McDaniel has over 45 years of professional experience working with mediums such as hot steel,[Read More…]
State funeral board awaiting Anderson response to license suspension process
by Kate Shunney West Virginia’s Board of Funeral Service Examiners are awaiting a response from a Berkeley Springs funeral home operator about a suspension of his license to run the business, two months after the board pulled his license to operate. John Anderson, owner of Hunter Anderson Funeral Home, has[Read More…]
Tips for handling small estates, and planning your own estate
by Deb Miller, WV Senior Legal Aid volunteer The time had come for Joe to start what was needed to handle his sister Carrie’s estate. She had died a week earlier. He had her will and thought her estate was likely to fit under the rules of the new small[Read More…]
Energy project saved county schools $1 million in four years, says engineer
by Kate Evans After four years of operating under an energy management program, Morgan County Schools has reduced their costs by $1 million and saved 7.9 million kilowatt hours of energy. Project manager and engineer Tom Nicolas of CMTA Energy Solutions gave school board members an overview recently of the[Read More…]
Mountain Musings: Thanksgiving Thoughts
As we move towards the beginning of winter and a new year, it’s good to reflect on the joys, heartaches and challenges of the past year to get some perspective and to feel thankful. It’s been heartbreaking to watch the suffering of the people of Ukraine as their homeland has[Read More…]
