Hamrick & Hoover named to the All-Tournament Team by Jamie Harris This past Tuesday and Wednesday, December 26 and 27, nights the Berkeley Springs High School gym was packed with basketball fans for the annual Tri State Shootout. The Shootout featured Berkeley Springs, Calvary Christian Academy, Boonsboro and Southern Fulton.[Read More…]
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Paw Paw Basketball moves to 5-1 on the season
by Jamie Harris The Paw Paw Pirates varsity basketball continued their hot start to the 2023- 2024 season with three more wins in the last two week. Heading into the Christmas break the Pirates are currently 5-1. On December 13 the Pirates hosted Salisbury Elk Lick (Pa.) and rolled to[Read More…]
Indians Win 39th Max Horz Holiday Wrestling Invitational
by Jamie Harris This past Thursday and Friday the gym at Berkeley Springs High School was packed with spectators and wrestlers for the 39th Max Horz Holiday Invitational. The event had originally 24 teams scheduled to compete but the combination of Covid and flu caused three teams to drop out.[Read More…]
Take strides to have a happy, healthy New Year
by Kate Evans Included in everyone’s New Year’s resolutions are usually renewed efforts for losing weight, exercising more and getting healthier. The steps to achieve these goals haven’t changed much over the years, but people revisit their strategy as the New Year starts, with its promise of new beginnings. The[Read More…]
A look back on 2023
January Berkeley Springs High School wrestlers come in second at the Max Horz Holiday Invitational. West Virginia Department of Transportation awards a $35 million contract to A.L.L. Construction Group of Mt. Storm, W.Va. to design and build a connector road from the end of the 522 Bypass to U.S. 522[Read More…]
Take strides to have a happy, healthy New Year
by Kate Evans Included in everyone’s New Year’s resolutions are usually renewed efforts for losing weight, exercising more and getting healthier. The steps to achieve these goals haven’t changed much over the years, but people revisit their strategy as the New Year starts, with its promise of new beginnings. The[Read More…]
Directors update school board on teaching focus, tools for staff and students
by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board heard elementary and secondary curriculum and instruction updates from Elementary Education Director Kandy Pentoney and Secondary Education Director Beth Golden at their December 19 school board meeting. Updates included strategies, instructional coaching, Paper online tutoring and best practices. Pentoney said that the[Read More…]
Berkeley Springs man accused of bank robbery surrenders in Texas
A Berkeley Springs man who is the primary suspect in a December 13 bank robbery in Winchester, Va. turned himself into authorities in Texas on Christmas Day. Logan Carl Heironimus, 27, has been awaiting extradition from Killeen, Texas back to Virginia to face robbery charges under an arrest warrant obtained[Read More…]
The Elf Shack gets a garland cutting grand opening
by Trish Rudder On December 20, the Bath Christmas Project Inc. board members and the volunteers that helped to renovate the building called the Elf Shack, met with the Morgan County Commissioners Bill Clark, Joel Tuttle, Commission president Sean Forney and the Town of Bath, Mayor Scott Merki to celebrate[Read More…]
A permanent blessings box is planned for the Town of Bath
by Trish Rudder The parking meter decoration “The Blessings Box” on East Fairfax Street got so much positive feedback, the Bath Town Council intends to make it a permanent fixture. At the December 19, council meeting, Bath Municipal Court Clerk Breauna Farris said because the community responded to it and[Read More…]
