Highway neighbors fight to get attention of DOH by Kate Shunney Property owners who watched the four-lane U.S. 522 Bypass built before their eyes are now contending with highway lights that have taken the darkness of night away from them. “I have not had a decent night’s sleep since the[Read More…]
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County school board approves personnel hirings and resignations
by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board approved the following school personnel changes at their February 4 meeting. The approved changes included hiring aides, after-school personnel and a middle school custodian, along with employing volunteer coaches and accepting resignations. Service personnel Jacqueline Garman was employed as a Widmyer Elementary[Read More…]
Drilling for Potomac River pipeline crossing underway now, says energy company
by Kate Shunney An interstate project to connect a natural gas pipeline from Southern Fulton, Pa. to northern Morgan County has work continuing at multiple sites, including horizontal directional drilling under the Potomac River. A biweekly status report on the 3.4-mile natural gas extension project says that contractors for the[Read More…]
Kenneth Eugene Merchant, Sr.
Kenneth Eugene Merchant, Sr. 1950-2025 Kenneth Eugene Merchant, Sr., age 74, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away on Friday, February 14, 2025 at his home. Born July 5, 1950 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Herbert Thornton and Annie Elizabeth Allen Merchant. Kenneth attended Morgan[Read More…]
Gail Lynn Croston
Gail Lynn Croston 1976-2025 Gail Lynn Croston, age 48, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Saturday, February 8, 2025 at her home. Born September 10, 1976 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of Fern Lola Waugh Youngblood of Berkeley Springs, W.Va. and the late Kenneth Eugene Merchant, Sr.[Read More…]
Mary Florence Ricker
Mary Florence Ricker 1944-2025 Mary Florence Ricker, age 80, of Hedgesville, W.Va., passed away on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. Born July 16, 1944 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Clarence Bernard and Pansy Marie Farrell Rankin. Mary[Read More…]
Ray F. Lerner
Ray F. Lerner 1939-2025 Ray “Pap Jake” Francis Lerner, 85, of Dale City, Va., passed away on January 26, 2025. He was born on February 16, 1939, the son of the late Herman Francis Lerner and Reva Unger Lerner of Berkeley Springs W.Va. He attended Berkeley Springs High School and[Read More…]
Anna Mae Hoffman
Anna Mae Hoffman 1927-2025 Anna Mae Hoffman, age 97, of Hancock, Md., passed away Thursday, February 6, 2025, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. Born Sunday, August 7, 1927, in Elkton, Va, she was the daughter of the late Luther and Linnie Davis Harris and the wife of Harry Hoffman who passed[Read More…]
Leora Weber Orebaugh
Leora Weber Orebaugh 1924-2025 Leora Weber Orebaugh died on February 16, 2025, at home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Leora was born on March 29, 1924, in Morgan County, W.Va. to Ercel (Doc) Weber and Ora Potter Weber. Leora was a graduate of Berkeley Springs High[Read More…]
David Alan Chilcote
David Alan Chilcote David Alan Chilcote, 71, of Great Cacapon, W.Va., son of late John and Elizabeth Chilcote, passed away on January 25, 2025 in Hagerstown, Md. He is survived by his two children, Tricia Prestridge and Patrick Chilcote; his two grandsons and a great grandson; his wife, Gail Chilcote;[Read More…]
