by Trish Rudder It has been 30 years since the C-130 airplane from the 167th Air National Guard crashed on Fairview Drive and killed all six crewmen on board. On October 7, 1992 the cargo plane took off from the Martinsburg airport about 9:12 a.m. and at 9:23 a.m. it[Read More…]
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It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats — My Apple Sauce for Apple Butter Week
My Apple Sauce for Apple Butter Week My Great Grandmother Arizona Henry loved the Apple Butter Festival. Every year we had our Annual Apple Butter meal with family from out of town. We would walk around the festival all day and then come home to a feast. We called this[Read More…]
47th Apple Butter Festival returns with new attractions
One of the largest and longest running fall festivals in West Virginia, the 47th annual Apple Butter Festival in historic Berkeley Springs, is making its triumphant return. The festival is this Saturday and Sunday, October 8 and 9, and is a family tradition for tens of thousands of folks every[Read More…]
Teen’s mental health project creates high school dance & movement room
by Kate Evans Jillian Fortney, Berkeley Springs High School junior, has created a dance and focused movement room at Berkeley Springs High School for her Girl Scout Gold Award “Moving for Teen Mental Health” project. Fortney is also spreading information about teen mental health and ways for teens to cope[Read More…]
Heath named West Virginia Chef Ambassador
A Berkeley Springs chef has been named one of nine new “Chef Ambassadors” for West Virginia. Governor Jim Justice lauded Berkeley Springs local Damian Heath and eight other top-level chefs from across West Virginia as one of the state’s first Chef Ambassadors at the Governor’s Conference on Tourism held in[Read More…]
It’s Stacy–Healthy Eats: String Beans
String beans My fondest memories of my Great Grandmother Arizona Henry were of us sitting on the screened-in back porch snapping string beans. She always called green beans, string beans. For hours my sister Lisa and I sat and snapped beans with my Grandma. She would try to make it fun by telling us that […]
Apple Butter prep fires up at Greenwood Community Center
by Lisa Schauer Josh Place of Berkeley Springs jars the first batch using his homemade apple butter filler at Greenwood School Community Center. Josh Baker of Berkeley Springs volunteered to stir apple butter on a long shift last Saturday, September 17 at Greenwood School Community Center. Diane Clark of Berkeley Springs stirs a 60-gallon vat […]
Apple Butter Hall of Fame inducts new members
The Berkeley Springs-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce created the Apple Butter Festival Hall of Fame in 1998 to recognize the people who have devoted their time, energy, talents, and resources to making the festival what it is. The 2022 Hall of Fame members will be inducted at a luncheon on Wednesday, September 14, and are […]
County flocks to South Morgan for return of the fireman’s carnival
The food pavilion at South Morgan Fire Department was a hub of activity from Tuesday through Saturday, serving up dinners and ice cream to carnival riders. Adults, kids and teens showed up for the South Morgan carnival last week to ride rides, see friends, eat and enjoy the music. Little drivers took their turns in […]
Woodmont Lodge open for annual tours & hike Sunday
The Maryland DNR will hold their annual Open House at Woodmont Lodge west of Hancock on Sunday, September 11 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Showcasing the picturesque and historic Woodmont Lodge, the annual open house allows the public to explore memories of the early days of conservation in Maryland. The historic stone lodge was […]
