Hunters getting ready for the fall hunting seasons may now consult the 2023 Hunting Outlook and Mast Survey. The annual Hunting Outlook and Mast Survey provides details about the abundance of mast, such as wild fruits and nuts, produced by 18 species of trees and shrubs and the forecasted impacts[Read More…]
Local Lifestyle
Autumn delivered at Cacapon Homecoming
The 26th annual Cacapon State Park Homecoming on Sunday, October 1 featured sunny blue skies, all-day music, door prizes, a 50/50 raffle, refreshments and a silent auction to benefit the park foundation and its many projects. Door prize crew members Lin Dunham, Cacapon State Park Foundation vice-president[Read More…]
Intermediate students create tiles for Ice House mural installation
by Kate Evans Warm Springs Intermediate School art classes under the direction of art teacher Anna Ruggiero created a stunning art mural on the exterior wall of the Ice House that faces Hunter’s Hardware in downtown Berkeley Springs. Ruggiero said that the project came about when artist Lynn Lavin asked[Read More…]
Apple Butter Festival adds Friday Night Block Party
The 48th Annual Apple Butter Festival in Berkeley Springs, WV makes a fun new addition to their yearly event, with a Friday Night “Block Party” on October 6 from 5 to 9 p.m. Many vendors, locals and visitors who come early for the festival are looking for something to do[Read More…]
Got apples? Enter the Apple Butter Festival Baking Contest!
Do you love the smell of apples cooking filling your house? Have a recipe passed down through generations or like to experiment and make up your own? Enter your baking at the 48th Annual Apple Butter Festival Baking Contest! Any recipe that features apples may be entered in the contest. [Read More…]
“Faces of Berkeley Springs” photo show final gift to an adopted community
by Kate Shunney The culminating work of a professional photographer and photography professor hangs in the Ice House gallery in downtown Berkeley Springs now through the first week of November. It’s not a career retrospective or sampling from photos taken around the world, but a collection of local faces. “Faces[Read More…]
Paws, Claws and Stalls Pet Lodge opens
by Kate Evans If you’re looking for a special place to board your animals while you have to be away for vacation or business, the Paws, Claws and Stalls Pet Lodge in southern Morgan County may be just what you’re looking for. The pet lodge opened six months ago and[Read More…]
Annual Pet-A-Palooza at Cacapon Resort
Cacapon Resort State Park will host the fourth Annual Pet-A-Palooza at Cacapon beach on Saturday, September 16 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Entrance fee to the beach area is a donation to the local Morgan County Humane Society. Humane Society will be collecting monetary donations and donations of dog and puppy[Read More…]
Tastes & sounds in the streets
Ginseng harvest season now open through November
The ginseng 2023 harvest season is now open and will continue through Wednesday, November 30. Observing the legal season and regulations helps preserve Appalachia’s threatened and endangered wild ginseng, the West Virginia Division of Forestry reminds the public. Harvesting pulls up the ginseng root, ending the plant’s ability to replace[Read More…]
