January Hospitals worry about capacity at COVID’s Omicron variant spreads widely. Stonerise nursing home tackles a COVID outbreak. A snowstorm drops 6-9 inches of snow on January 16, sending students to remote learning. Colin Graham is hired as the director of the Morgan County-Berkeley Springs Chamber of Commerce. February Paw[Read More…]
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County schools remind families, community that visitors may be asked to show photo ID
by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools will be enforcing their long-standing policy of requiring all visitors to show photo identification upon entering school buildings as of Tuesday, January 3. The county school sent out messages to families over the holiday and posted the following message on their social media page:[Read More…]
Mountain Musings: The New Year’s challenge
As the pandemic and the war in Ukraine continue along with famine, violence, discord, hate and intolerance and other ills of mankind, the big challenge for the 2023 New Year is staying positive while the world around us isn’t necessarily being that way. Winter often has gray, bleak days but[Read More…]
It’s Stacy– Healthy Eats: Chicken Cordon Bleu
Chicken Cordon Bleu My Great Grandmother, Arizona Henry, didn’t live to be 100 years old without considering health and new recipes as part of the New Year’s resolution process. She would get with the ladies from the Trinity Church on Harrison Avenue for a recipe exchange on New Year’s Day.[Read More…]
Michael James Hovermale
Michael James Hovermale 1955-2022 Michael James Hovermale, 67, Hancock, Md., passed away Monday, December 26, 2022, at Winchester Medical Center, Winchester Va. Born May 30, 1955, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late William V. Hovermale and Waneta A. Hill Hovermale. He was employed with Rayloc Automotive,[Read More…]
Elizabeth Chilcote
Elizabeth Chilcote 1922-2022 Elizabeth Chilcote, 100, of Glen Burnie, Md. and Berkeley Springs, W.Va. passed away on December 29, 2022 in Hanover, Md. Elizabeth was born on November 9, 1922 in Ohio to the late John and Joanna Kurtik. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her[Read More…]
Joan Elizabeth Luttrell
Joan Elizabeth Luttrell 1931-2022 Joan Elizabeth Luttrell, 91 years old, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va. passed away on Friday, December 30, 2022 at home surrounded by her loved ones while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born November 30, 1931 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the only child[Read More…]
Crystal Y. Omps
Crystal Y. Omps 1961-2022 Crystal Yvonne Omps, 61, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Saturday, December 24, 2022 at her home. Crystal was born on October 7, 1961 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., the daughter of the late Timothy and Christine Fields Smith. She was a waitress at her mother’s restaurant[Read More…]
Kenneth Charles Hovermale
Kenneth Charles Hovermale 1951-2022 Kenneth Charles Hovermale, age 71, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 at his home. Born January 21, 1951 in Berkeley Springs, he was the son of the late Charles John William and Lizzie Belle Stotler Hovermale. He was a member of[Read More…]
Doris Jean (Fearnow) Cornelius
Doris Jean (Fearnow) Cornelius 1935-2022 With deep sorrow we share the passing of our mother, Doris Cornelius on December 28 at Doey’s House, Hospice of Washington County. She was preceded in death in 2019 by her husband, W. Merle Cornelius, Jr. In addition to Merle, she was preceded in death[Read More…]
