The fourth annual Bringing in the May will be celebrated this Saturday and Sunday, May 18-19 in Berkeley Springs State Park from 12-6 p.m. each day. Admission is free. This is a family-friendly event, so bring your favorite sprite to enjoy a tea party with the fairies, dance the Maypole,[Read More…]
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“Hoodies from Heaven” collecting sweatshirts to warm county students
by Geoff Fox Seeing a need for students in Morgan County to stay warm and comfortable in the winter months, one member of the Knights of Columbus at St. Vincent de Paul and his wife created an outreach to help those students in need. Patrick McBee created Hoodies From Heaven[Read More…]
It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats — Grilled Asparagus
Grilled Asparagus Grilling and fresh asparagus just go together in the springtime. My great-grandmother Arizona Henry never really grilled, and she boiled her asparagus until it was slime. I remember that bright, lime green water and the slimy texture of her asparagus. I would cry every time she made me[Read More…]
West Virginia State Parks presents Lifetime Achievement Award for Volunteerism & Leadership to Jim Michael
Stumped about how to properly recognize the contributions of Jim Michael to Cacapon State Park and the entire West Virginia State Parks system, state park officials invented a new honorarium and presented it to Michael on April 13. Michael received the first-ever West Virginia State Parks Lifetime Achievement Award in[Read More…]
It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats — Dandelion Soup
Some people love dandelions, while others want to rid the world of them. My Great Grandma, Arizona Henry, could never figure out why people were against dandelions growing in their yard. She told me that dandelions were a useful plant and were welcome in her yard. I would run outside[Read More…]
Warm Springs Middle School band, choir concerts set for April 28
Warm Springs Middle School sixth grade and seventh-eighth grade bands and the middle school sixth grade and seventh-eighth grade choirs will be performing in concert on Sunday, April 28 at 2 p.m. at the Warm Springs Middle School gymnasium. Ian Helmick is the band director and Lora Hetrick is the[Read More…]
It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats — Egg & Wilted Lettuce Salad
My Great-Grandmother, Arizona Henry, was mostly tolerant of my healthy eating until I told her to get rid of the bacon grease. I remember telling my Grandma to throw away the bacon grease because it was a saturated fat and it would clog her arteries. She was shocked that I[Read More…]
Young Yukes to present free spring performance April 28
BlackCat Music Cooperative has announced their very popular youth vocal group, The Young Yukes, will be in concert Sunday, April 28 at the Ice House in Berkeley Springs. The show, “Tangled Up in Bloom – A Musical Mayhem” was created and fully produced by the six-member group to include song[Read More…]
Berkeley Springs High School band & choir to hold spring concerts
The Berkeley Springs High School Jazz Band and Concert Band concert is scheduled for Wednesday, May 8 at 6 p.m. at the Berkeley Springs High School auditorium. The Concert Band under the direction of high school Band Director Robert Myers will present “Elements of Nature.” The musical pieces it will[Read More…]
Herb-lovers reading group forms, kicks off April 16
A reading and study group for people interested in herbal lore, medicinal herbs and herbal properties will hold its first meeting on Tuesday, April 16 at Cacapon State Park lodge under the direction of local herbalist Iris Kirsch. The group is free and open to the public. The first meeting[Read More…]
