The Berkeley Springs-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce and Blue Ridge Community & Technical College announce a free Adult Mental Health First Aid class on Thursday, June 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 4. p.m. This continues a series of interesting and informative seminars, and will be held at Blue Ridge Community[Read More…]
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It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats — Spring Onion Relish
Spring Onion Relish My Great Grandmother, Arizona Henry, loved eating any kind of onion. One of her favorite ways to eat onions was an onion sandwich with two slices of her homemade white bread and a little mayo. The hotter and stronger the onion the better, Grandma would say. We[Read More…]
Shimmy Mob raises over $7,500 for Stepping Stones to a Brighter Future
A group of dancers shimmied their way around Berkeley Springs on Saturday, May 11 and raised more than $7,500 for Stepping Stones to a Brighter Future, a non-profit organization that provides assistance to survivors of domestic violence in Morgan County. Organized by Angela Petry, founder and instructor of Bellysima Bellydance,[Read More…]
Bringing in the May Returns to Berkeley Springs!
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…]
“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…]
