Ready for March Madness by Jim Buzzerd Well, it’s that time of year when my favorite viewing events are lined up back-to-back. That would be the NCAA Basketball Tournament, otherwise known as March Madness. The tournament concludes on Monday April 3, then, on Thursday, April 6, the Masters begins, which[Read More…]
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Everyday Outdoors: Bucks I have known, Part VIII
This is the latest in a multi-part series of columns about memorable deer that stand out from decades of whitetail hunting. Thread the Needle Buck The year was 1983. It was opening day of West Virginia deer firearms season. I was perched in a favorite tree in a remote area[Read More…]
It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats — Strawberries for Nutrition Month
Strawberry Spinach Salad Every month was National Nutrition Month for my Great Grandmother, Arizona Henry. She understood the importance of eating healthy while getting daily exercise. She enjoyed walking well into her nineties. March is National Nutrition Month, and it was created 50 years ago, in 1973. In celebration, I[Read More…]
Multiple headstones vandalized in Greenway
Last week Bath’ s Cemetery Corporation discovered that two headstones were likely recently vandalized in Greenway Cemetery. One belongs to the Barney family and the other to the Unger family. Each headstone is detached from its base. The Barney headstone fell from its base several years ago. Vandals tried to[Read More…]
Playground & fitness equipment installed at Warm Springs Middle School
Warm Springs Middle School recently had new playground equipment installed. The ExoCage is a multi-function outdoor gym that provides a full body workout. Middle school Principal Jamie Harris said the school purchased the equipment with Elementary and Secondary School Relief Fund (ESSERF) money, which is for COVID-impact projects. Physical education[Read More…]
Scrape those lanternfly eggs! Ag officials ask public to help stop the spread of destructive pest
by Kate Evans The invasive spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) continues to expand its range and threaten fruit trees, grape vineyards, hardwood trees and crops in a number of eastern states, including West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. The insect was first found in Pennsylvania in 2014. The spotted lanternfly was[Read More…]
Local students stand out at State Science Fair
Morgan County Schools’ Science Fair winners attended the State Science Fair at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston on Monday, March 6. Students were escorted to Charleston by their families and performed well at the competition. Five local students brought home awards for their projects. In Division I (Elementary), Greyson[Read More…]
Jury finds man guilty of sex offender registry violations
A Morgan County jury found Christopher Cook, 39, of no known address, guilty of two counts of failure to update his sex offender registry following a Tuesday, March 7 trial in Morgan County Circuit Court. Judge Debra McLaughlin presided over the one-day trial, which ended in a guilty verdict after[Read More…]
Bath supports county request for $2.7 million in federal funding to revitalize North End
by Trish Rudder Letters from Mayor Scott Merki to U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin in support of the Morgan County Commission’s request for federal funding were approved by the Bath Town Council on March 7. Town Recorder Susan Webster, who drafted the letters, said she has been[Read More…]
Homicide suspect in Morgan County killing arrested Tuesday in Charles Town
by Kate Shunney Officers with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department have arrested the man suspected of murdering a Morgan County resident in his home late last week. Ian Patrick Bosben-Grayson, 30, of Randallstown, Md. was arrested without incident on Tuesday morning, March 14, in a parking lot in Charles Town[Read More…]
