The Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation (EWVCF) will again award $150,000 in grants to Eastern Panhandle schools and nonprofit organizations from the Detlev and Mary Ellen Preissler Fund for the Arts, Music, Design, and Nature in 2023. Eastern Panhandle schools and nonprofit organizations that inspire and educate children through the[Read More…]
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Everyday Outdoors: Spring Gobbler youth hunt
More years ago than seems possible, I took my young cousin Kyle for West Virginia’s Spring Gobbler Youth Hunt. As we talked in the predawn darkness, I reminded him to stay very still, and make sure he positively identified a gobbler before shooting. I also told him to not shoot[Read More…]
It’s Stacy — Health Eats: Spring Onion Soup
Spring Onion Soup My Great Grandmother, Arizona Henry, loved spring onions. She would be out in her garden this time of year, putting her onion bulbs into the ground. She was fussy about making sure those rows of onions were straight. We would walk to Hunter’s Hardware every spring to[Read More…]
Grand Jury indicts 19 in April term
The Morgan County Grand Jury met on Tuesday, April 4 in Morgan County Circuit Court and indicted 19 individuals on a variety of criminal charges. Those charges stemmed from incidents in 2022 and 2023, ranging from the murder of a Morgan County man in September of 2022 to drug dealing[Read More…]
Artists & crafters wanted for Paw Paw library art show
by Kate Evans Paw Paw Public Library Director Ginny DiFrancesco said that their library is organizing an arts and crafts show from April 24-May 6. Set-up for the art show begins the morning of Monday, April 24 around 9 a.m. Organizers hope to include paintings, woodworking, jewelry, quilting, knitting, crocheting,[Read More…]
County officials tell State Parks that large RV proposal doesn’t fit Cacapon
by Kate Shunney Morgan County Commissioners last Wednesday sent a letter to the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) and Chief of Parks saying the RV campground proposals they have received for Cacapon State Park aren’t a good fit for the park’s capacity or character. All three commissioners voted[Read More…]
Next school year calendar adopted, attendance improving
by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board adopted the 2023-2024 Morgan County Schools calendar at its April 4 meeting after a second public hearing. School Treasurer Ann Bell said there were no new public comments on the calendar. Their calendar survey had 477 responses and 60 comments. The school[Read More…]
DNR will hold April 18 public meeting at Cacapon about RV proposals
Editor’s note: This story was updated on April 12 to correct a statement that the DNR had not advertised this Public Hearing. That was incorrect. The DNR did place a legal ad about the Public Hearing in The Martinsburg Journal. by Kate Shunney A spokesman for the West Virginia State[Read More…]
Traffic patterns change as beams placed on overpass at Winchester Grade Road
Traffic patterns along Winchester Grade Road/County Rt. 13 shifted on Tuesday, April 11 to accommodate overhead crane activity related to the construction of the U.S. 522 Bypass. Two cranes worked in tandem to lower beams onto the overpass abutments near the Sheetz store in Berkeley Springs. By 1 p.m., two[Read More…]
It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats — Pickled eggs
Pickled Eggs My Great Grandmother, Arizona Henry, would spend all day the Saturday before Easter Sunday in the kitchen preparing for our Easter dinner. We would get up on Easter Sunday morning, dress in our Sunday attire, and walk to the Trinity Church on Harrison Avenue in Berkeley Springs. My[Read More…]
