BlackCat Music Cooperative wraps up the summer with a fun-filled event for the family at Kirkwood Park in Hancock, Maryland on Saturday, August 26 beginning at 3 p.m. The BlackCat Music Summer Showcase will feature over 40 musical performers and provide lawn games and picnic food for those in attendance.[Read More…]
Local Lifestyle
Schultz’s new cookbook builds recipe collection, seasoned with Grandma Zona’s wisdom
by Kate Evans If you’re looking for a cookbook filled with healthy, delicious and easy-to-make recipes, check out local author and registered dietitian Stacy Schultz’s second cookbook West Virginia It’s Stacy’s Great Grandma Zona’s Wisdom and Recipes. Schultz, a Berkeley Springs resident, had her new cookbook released this month on[Read More…]
Notes from the Morgan County Historical & Genealogical Society
Treasurer’s Report Andrea Duckworth submitted the treasurer’s report. The be- ginning balance for July was $13,826.81, with total income of $28.61 and expenses of $111.51, the ending balance for the month is $13, 743.91. For anyone who takes in a membership application ask if the new member is agreeable to[Read More…]
Free Summer Concert Series — The Fly Birds & Brendan James
he Morgan Arts Council in Berkeley Springs, WV , continues to present free Friday Night and Saturday Afternoon concerts. The Friday Night Concert will be held August 11 at 7pm at the Ice House in Berkeley Springs with The Fly Birds. The Fly Birds are an award winning musical embodiment[Read More…]
It’s Stacy — Healthy Eats: Corn & Black Bean salsa
Corn & Black Bean Salsa My Great Grandmother, Arizona Henry, was not a chips and salsa person, but she loved black beans. Every time my Grandma served beans for dinner, my sister Lisa and I would sing that song, “Beans, beans, good for your heart, the more you eat, the[Read More…]
It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats — Squash Patties
Squash patties My Great Grandmother, Arizona Henry, collected yellow crookneck squash from all her friends and neighbors to make squash patties. She was particular about getting the young tender-skinned squash. She told me getting them off the vine was important before they got bumps, tough skin, and big seeds. They[Read More…]
Free Summer Concert Series
The Morgan Arts Council in Berkeley Springs, continues to present free Friday Night and Saturday Afternoon concerts. The Saturday Afternoon Concert will be held August 5 at the Berkeley Springs State Park at 5:30 p.m. with Mathew Tembo & the Afro Routes. Mathew Tembo is an award-winning Afro-Pop and Reggae[Read More…]
Everyday Outdoors: Wade in the water
Wade in the water Summertime conditions often put various bodies of water at very low levels. Some rivers and streams that were great for floating and fishing in the Spring and earlier Summer can become very difficult to navigate, even with shallow running crafts. In some streams, during late Summer[Read More…]
New mural brightens North Berkeley Park
by Kate Evans An uplifting new North Berkeley Community Park mural encourages kindness, positive character traits and saying no to drugs and alcohol. Morgan County Parks and Recreation Director Dawn Beal said the group is trying to beautify the park and get the park changed around. The park has experienced[Read More…]
Annual Quilt Show at the Ice House opens Friday
The annual Delectable Mountains Quilt Show opens at the Ice House on Friday, July 28 with a meet-the-artists reception on Saturday, July 29 from 3-5 p.m. Produced by the Morgan Arts Council and curated by Dottie O’ Toole, the show is titled, “All Things Bright and Beautiful.” Curator O’Toole says,[Read More…]