by Kate Evans Tucked away in southern Morgan County is master blacksmith Randy McDaniel’s Expressive Metals School of Blacksmithing shop where McDaniel teaches personal basic to advanced blacksmith classes to serious students of the art. McDaniel has over 45 years of professional experience working with mediums such as hot steel,[Read More…]
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State funeral board awaiting Anderson response to license suspension process
by Kate Shunney West Virginia’s Board of Funeral Service Examiners are awaiting a response from a Berkeley Springs funeral home operator about a suspension of his license to run the business, two months after the board pulled his license to operate. John Anderson, owner of Hunter Anderson Funeral Home, has[Read More…]
Tips for handling small estates, and planning your own estate
by Deb Miller, WV Senior Legal Aid volunteer The time had come for Joe to start what was needed to handle his sister Carrie’s estate. She had died a week earlier. He had her will and thought her estate was likely to fit under the rules of the new small[Read More…]
Energy project saved county schools $1 million in four years, says engineer
by Kate Evans After four years of operating under an energy management program, Morgan County Schools has reduced their costs by $1 million and saved 7.9 million kilowatt hours of energy. Project manager and engineer Tom Nicolas of CMTA Energy Solutions gave school board members an overview recently of the[Read More…]
Mountain Musings: Thanksgiving Thoughts
As we move towards the beginning of winter and a new year, it’s good to reflect on the joys, heartaches and challenges of the past year to get some perspective and to feel thankful. It’s been heartbreaking to watch the suffering of the people of Ukraine as their homeland has[Read More…]
Paw Paw Christmas parade taking shape
Forms for Lights of Love Tree due Nov. 28 The Paw Paw Parade Committee is hosting this year’s Christmas Parade on Sunday, December 4. The parade begins at 4:30 p.m. and travels along Winchester Street. The committee will be offering five $50 cash prizes for the best entry, person, or[Read More…]
Roger E. Fox
Roger E. Fox 1928-2022 Roger E. Fox, age 94, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, November 17, 2022 at Hampshire Memorial Hospital Extended Care Unit in Romney, W.Va., where he had been a resident for the past 4½ years. He had been in failing health and suffered a heart attack[Read More…]
Lu Ann Jamison
Lu Ann Jamison 1954-2022 Well, if you are reading this, Lu Ann is dead. But what a wonderful life she had. Lu Ann was born October 18, 1954 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. to her parents, the late Oliver Wendell Holmes Jamison and Nita Mae Lyons Jamison of Berkeley Springs, and[Read More…]
White’s Gap gates on Sleepy Creek to be open for hunting season
An access gate across the White’s Gap road into Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area is open and will remain open during West Virginia’s deer season, officials with the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources confirmed with The Morgan Messenger on Friday. Buck firearms season opens on Monday, November 21. The[Read More…]
Weber Brothers releasing rocking new live album “Wild As the Wild Dogs”
by Kate Evans Fans of The Weber Brothers will be thrilled to learn that the band has a superb, rocking new live recording entitled “Wild As The Wild Dogs.” (Water Street Trilogy Part I) The CD of mostly original tunes was released on November 12. The Weber Brothers’ music is[Read More…]
