WVDA proposes Spongy Moth treatments for Spring 2023 by Kate Shunney Agriculture and forestry officials have said spongy moths – known previously as gypsy moths – are likely to show heavy impacts in parts of forested Morgan County and other areas of West Virginia this spring. The West Virginia Department[Read More…]
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David Warren Smith
David Warren Smith July 26, 1957 – February 27, 2023 David Warren Smith, 65, passed away February 27, 2023. A native of Montgomery County, Md., son of the late John Milton and Helen Marie Sheehan Smith, he was a member of Hope Community Church, Hedgesville, West Virginia. Dave was a[Read More…]
Loretta Mae Miller
Loretta Mae Miller 1945-2023 Loretta Mae Miller, age 77, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Saturday, March 4, 2023 at War Memorial Hospital. Born December 12, 1945 in Petersburg, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Lacy and Esther May Bergdoll Simmons. She was a Christian. Loretta was a[Read More…]
Irene Adair Kleiss
Irene Adair Kleiss 1946-2023 Irene Adair Kleiss, age 76, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Monday, February 27, 2023 at Winchester Medical Center. Born August 12, 1946 in Winchester, Va., she was the daughter of the late James Wallace Pierce II and the late Catherine Gwendolyn Everett Pierce. She was[Read More…]
Helen Geneva McCarty
Helen Geneva McCarty 1934-2023 Helen Geneva McCarty, 88, Hancock, Md., passed away, Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at Doey’s House in Hagerstown, Md. Born July 6, 1934, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Samuel Hull and Martha Gladhill Hull and the widower of James Warren McCarty.[Read More…]
Jennifer Lynn Oliver
Jennifer Lynn Oliver 1965-2023 Jennifer Lynn Oliver, age 58, of Great Cacapon, W.Va., passed away on Saturday, February 4, 2023 at her home. Born January 26, 1965 in Martinsburg, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late William Arthur Oliver, Sr. and the late Gladys June Close Whittington. Born with a[Read More…]
W. Jane Yost
W. Jane Yost W. Jane Yost, 86, of Berkeley Springs, departed peacefully to be with her Savior on Tuesday, February 28, 2023. She was the oldest daughter of Wayland C. and Alma G. Honaker. She was married to her soulmate, the late Paul O. Yost, in April 1955 at the[Read More…]
Chip Shots – Dribble fest
Dribble fest by Jim Buzzerd The West Virginia University men’s basketball team had an excellent chance to get their first ever win at Kansas’ Phog Allen Field House last Saturday, only to dribble it away in the final 23 seconds. Kansas had just made the second of two foul shots[Read More…]
Widmyer principal shares goals, strategic plan with school board
Widmyer Elementary Principal Rhett Beckman shared the school’ s successes and improvement goals in his school strategic plan update at the February 21 Morgan County School Board meeting. The school strategic plan updates replace the local school improvement council (LSIC) presentations. Beckman said that Widmyer Elementary school goals are an[Read More…]
New Berkeley Springs High School assistant principal settles into job
by Kate Evans Jason Smith is the new Berkeley Springs High School Assistant Principal. His first day in his position was Monday, January 23. Former Assistant Principal Matthew Bender resigned at the end of December 30. Smith said his biggest duties are overseeing discipline, athletics, testing and serving as Advanced[Read More…]
