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…]
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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…]
Judith Lorraine Compton
Judith Lorraine Compton 1943-2023 Judith Lorraine Compton, age 80, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at Hampshire Memorial Hospital Extended Care Facility in Romney, W.Va. Born August 23, 1943 in Great Cacapon, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Glen Roy and Kathryn Lorraine Henry[Read More…]
Anna Gay Pennington
Anna Gay Pennington Anna Gay Pennington, 80, passed away at her daughter’s home in Hancock, Md. on Saturday, September 23, 2023. Born in Dryfork, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Easton and Myrtle Wolford and the wife of the late Jack R. Pennington, Sr. Anna’s first job after[Read More…]
John Franklin Bassford
John Franklin Bassford 1938-2023 John Franklin Bassford, age 85, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, September 21, 2023 at his home. Born June 18, 1938 in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of the late Samuel Franklin and Lillian Louise Holbrook Bassford. He was a graduate of Mergenthaler Vocational[Read More…]
Laurence “Larry” H. Freiheit
Laurence “Larry” H. Freiheit 1944-2023 On Monday, September 18, 2023 Laurence (Larry) Henry Freiheit, 78, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away peacefully at home with his beloved wife Terri by his side. A beautiful, sunny day ushered him from his cherished mountain home to heaven. Larry and Terri were together[Read More…]
Sheriff’s office asks for public help locating two children; warrant out for mother
UPDATE September 23: The mother has been taken into custody and the children were found safely in Florida. Sheriff K.C. Bohrer on Saturday released this statement: “After a coordinated effort between the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department, WVSP, WV Fusion Center, Lee County (FL) Sheriff’s Office, and Florida Department of Law[Read More…]
