by Kate Evans A Virginia educator and administrator has been hired as Berkeley Springs High School’s newest Assistant Principal. The Morgan County School Board approved the hire of Brian Raciborski at their July 18 meeting. Raciborski began his new position on July 3. Raciborski joins Berkeley Springs High School Principal[Read More…]
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Morgan County Schools provide free meals to students
Students in Morgan County will have the opportunity to eat a no-cost breakfast and lunch at school through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program. The CEP was enacted as a result of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act and provides universal meal service to children in high-poverty areas. This is the[Read More…]
Berkeley Springs student attends Governor’s School for the Arts
by Kate Evans Berkeley Springs High School rising junior Elizabeth (Ella) Kessel spent three weeks at the West Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts at Marshall University studying art. This year’s Governor’s School for the Arts was from June 25 to July 15. The Governor’s School for the Arts gives[Read More…]
Annual Quilt Show at the Ice House opens Friday
The annual Delectable Mountains Quilt Show opens at the Ice House on Friday, July 28 with a meet-the-artists reception on Saturday, July 29 from 3-5 p.m. Produced by the Morgan Arts Council and curated by Dottie O’ Toole, the show is titled, “All Things Bright and Beautiful.” Curator O’Toole says,[Read More…]
Local man charged with sexual assault
West Virginia State Police received a report of a sexual assault on Wednesday, July 12 at about 8 p.m. from the mother of the victim, a resident of Hedgesville. According to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court by Trooper Harmon, the suspect, identified as Jessey A. Messner,[Read More…]
Vacation property owners ask county to give back double lodging tax payments
by Kate Shunney Another vacation rental owner has asked the county for reimbursement of Hotel/Motel tax payments that were paid both by the owner and the Airbnb service. Doug Boyles told commissioners on July 19 he was sending the 6% lodging tax to the county and didn’t know that Airbnb,[Read More…]
Commissioners approve online tax payment system, divvy up $330K in lodging tax
by Kate Shunney To comply with a state mandate for counties to take online tax payments, Morgan County commissioners have agreed to pay Software Systems, Inc. $10,625 to set up the payment capability for the Sheriff’s Tax Office. Their vote took place at their July 19 monthly meeting. The tax[Read More…]
Annual School Homecoming set for September 16
Graduates from Berkeley Springs High School and their guests will assemble at Cacapon State Park Lodge to honor the classes of 1953, 1963 and 1973 on Saturday, September 16. The welcome and registration desk will be in the hallway to the left of the Lodge’s main entrance desk and will[Read More…]
Daniel Boyd Kesecker
Daniel Boyd Kesecker 1934-2023 Daniel Boyd Kesecker of Martinsburg, West Virginia, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, July 19, at the home of his daughter, Kim, in Frederick, Maryland. One of eight children, Daniel was born the son of Boyd and Mary Kesecker on November 30, 1934, alongside[Read More…]
Brian David Puffinburger
Brian David Puffinburger 1973-2023 Brian David Puffinburger, 49, of Paw Paw, W.Va. passed away on Thursday, July 20, 2023 at U.V.A. Medical Center, Charlottesville, Va. Born on September 25, 1973 in Winchester, Va., he was the son of Dennis C. Puffinburger and Linda (Stotler) Puffinburger of Paw Paw, W.Va. Brian[Read More…]
