by Jamie Harris For the first time in seven years there will not be a Barkley in the line-up for head coach Chad Brinegar’ s Berkeley Springs Indians basketball team. All-state and 1432 point score Gavin Barkley has graduated and took his talents to Potomac State. Before Gavin, older brother[Read More…]
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Pleasant View Elementary kids explore science, math and more
Carmen Winiarski, Morgan County Extension Office STEM educator, does the STEM activity Sink or Float with Pleasant View Elementary first graders in teacher Bridget Christie’s class. Winiarski had each student choose an object from a bag and predict whether it would sink or float. Kids watched the outcome and she[Read More…]
Berkeley Springs Salt Cave adds halotherapy to the town’s litany of spa rituals
by Lisa Schauer This story begins in the salt mines of Eastern Europe, where miners were said to emerge from their toil with rejuvenated skin, greater lung capacity and a reduced incidence of respiratory ailments. Healing spas began to spring up around the salt mines, catering to people with a[Read More…]
County to explore secondary water source for public system
by Kate Shunney Projecting ahead to an extension of public water and sewer lines south along U.S. 522, county officials have started talking about finding a second public water source for the central portion of Morgan County. The Berkeley Springs Waterworks, owned by the Town of Bath, is the sole[Read More…]
Expanded Winter Fest Parade will roll Saturday
by Trish Rudder The 6th annual Winter Fest Parade will roll through Berkeley Springs this Saturday, December 3, beginning at 5 p.m. The parade event has grown, with about 90 entrees this year and larger floats joining the public display. To accommodate more and larger floats, the parade route has[Read More…]
Several sentenced for threats, arson, harassment, child neglect
Morgan County Circuit Judge Debra McLaughlin accepted pleas and delivered sentences in multiple criminal cases during open hearings at the Morgan County courthouse recently. Jared A. Cubbage, 24, of Hancock was sentenced to 1-5 years in prison after pleading guilty to making threats of terroristic acts. Cubbage made the plea as[Read More…]
Forney named one of 2023 “Young Guns” by WV Executive magazine
Morgan County Commissioner and local insurance agency owner Sean Forney was named one of West Virginia Executive magazine’s “Young Guns Class of 2023” in their most recent issue. Forney was one of 10 West Virginians chosen for this annual feature. “Extending from Southern West Virginia all the way to the[Read More…]
Quilt guild donates sale proceeds to BlackCat children’s program
The Delectable Mountains Quilt Guild awarded $4,500 to the Black Cat Music Cooperative for their children’s music program. from proceeds from their annual Yard Square Quilt Auction. Pictured, from left, are Susannah Kipp, sale organizer and BlackCat Music Cooperative staff Mike Cligerman, Janet Gauthier, Stacy Drake and Jonathan McBee.
Middle school to hold Winter Concert
The Warm Springs Middle School Music department will present its Winter Concert on Sunday, December 11 at 2 p.m. The concert will feature the middle school sixth grade band and the seventh/eighth grade combined band conducted by band director Ian Helmick, along with the seventh/eighth grade combined choir directed by choir teacher[Read More…]
“No parking” signs at popular river access aim to help fire company
Cacapon River users will notice new “No Parking” signs set along the side of Powerhouse Road in Great Cacapon at the low water bridge access. State highway workers placed the signs on both sides of the road at the popular swimming and boating spot recently, at the request of the[Read More…]
