Tanouye siblings lead Paw Paw Pirates at Class A Region II Track Championships Small but mighty Pirates send four to State Meet by Jamie Harris The Berkeley Springs High School boys’ and girls’ track teams competed on Saturday, May 17 at the 2025 Class AA Region II Championships, held at[Read More…]
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Free summer concert series
The Morgan Arts Council (MAC) announces the kick- off of the 2025 MAC Sum- mer Concerts Series at the Ice House on the Charlotte’s Cafe Garden Stage. The series kicks off on Friday, May 23, with a performance featuring The Snozzberries, a high-energy psychedelic prog-fusion rock group from Asheville, N.[Read More…]
It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats — Banana Pudding
My fondest memories of school field trips are eating a packed lunch with a sandwich and a banana. When my Great-Grandmother Arizona Henry packed lunches for me, she always included a banana. Years later, I still love a semi-ripe banana as a snack. My favorite summertime dessert is banana pudding,[Read More…]
County seniors to graduate this week
Paw Paw High School and Berkeley Springs High School’s Class of 2025 will graduate this week in commencement ceremonies on Thursday and Friday of this week. Berkeley Springs will hold their graduation ceremony on Thursday, May 22 at 5:30 p.m. and Paw Paw holds their graduation ceremony on Friday, May[Read More…]
Memorial Bench for C-130 crash victims set at courthouse
by Kate Shunney Morgan County’s Courthouse is now a memorial site for the victims of the 1992 crash of an Air National Guard training flight on Fairview Drive just east of the downtown area. Fellow Air Guard member Alice Lantz led the effort to place a public memorial to the[Read More…]
Paw Paw to host 65th Annual William H. Norton Memorial Day parade this Saturday
The 65th Annual William H. Norton Memorial Day Parade and 18th Annual Memorial Day Weekend Car, Truck and Tractor Show will be held Saturday, May 24 in Paw Paw. The car show with food and craft vendors will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Paw Paw Schools,[Read More…]
Morgan County Schools proposes $41 million budget for FY 26
by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board authorized publication of their proposed 2025-2026 Morgan County Schools budget in the amount of $41,026,589 for public inspection at their May 13 meeting. School Treasurer Ann Bell gave a budget presentation at the meeting. The projected revenues and expenditures for the combined[Read More…]
Lions Club to hold fundraiser May 17-18 for Memphis Frey
The Berkeley Springs Lions Club will be holding a fundraiser at Charlotte’s Café on Saturday, May 17 and Sunday, May 18 to benefit Memphis Frey, daughter of Robert and Megan Frey. Memphis was born on December 4, 2024. She was born with a cleft lip. Memphis has Tetrasomy 10/trisomy 10[Read More…]
Potomac floods, backing up local streams & rivers
Extended rain across the region caused significant flooding in Western Maryland on Tuesday, May 13, and Morgan County and Hancock were seeing the remnants of that storm washing down the Potomac River overnight and into Wednesday. The Potomac at Paw Paw had topped Moderate Flood Stage by Wednesday at 2:30[Read More…]
School board rehires probationary personnel and substitutes
by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board approved the following personnel changes at recent meetings, Changes included granting leaves of absence and rehiring probationary and substitute personnel: In professional personnel actions, Richard Gramling was employed as a Paw Paw Schools long-term substitute health/physical/driver’s education teacher beginning April 21 for[Read More…]
