by Lisa Schauer Paw Paw residents lined Winchester Street on a clear, cold afternoon this past Sunday for the town’s annual Christmas parade. “Whoop, whoop,” a Paw Paw police siren cut through the silence, announcing the start of a roughly 15-member parade of costumed characters, floats, carolers, first responders, Santa’s[Read More…]
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Crowd enjoys biggest Winter Fest Parade yet
by Trish Rudder Against a sharp wind and colder temperature, about 4,000 parade watchers were bundled up in coats, hats, gloves and blankets to see the 6th Annual Winter Fest Parade in downtown Berkeley Springs on Saturday, December 3. The floats, trucks and cars were decorated with an abundance of[Read More…]
It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats — Sour cabbage
Sour cabbage My Great Grandmother, Arizona Henry, made her sauerkraut in clay crock pots every fall. She would spend hours shredding the cabbage in the kitchen, complaining about her arm being sore. She always called it sour cabbage. I always thought of kraut back then as gross and stinky. My[Read More…]
Cacapon Resort State Park activities for this week
Thursday, December 8 Phases of the Moon. Draw each phase of the moon and learn some fun facts about the December’s Cold Moon. 1 p.m. – No Leaves, No Problem: All You Need is a Twig. Learn how to identify a tree in the winter time by its twig. Friday,[Read More…]
Landau Murphy Jr.’s 12th annual “Home for the Holidays” tour coming to Star Theatre Dec. 8
Landau Eugene Murphy Jr., the 2011 winner of NBC TV’s America’s Got Talent is celebrating his 12th annual “Home for The Holidays” Christmas tour by doing 12 performances in 12 different towns all over West Virginia. He will make a stop at the Star Theatre in Berkeley Springs on Thursday,[Read More…]
It’s Stacy– Healthy Eats: Venison stuffed peppers
The stories of how those big bucks got away or those tiny buck racks ended up on the wall of shame have always been a way of life in Morgan County. I don’t have hunting stories, but I sure have the cooking deer meat stories. My Great Grandma Arizona Henry[Read More…]
Berkeley Springs Salt Cave adds halotherapy to the town’s litany of spa rituals
by Lisa Schauer This story begins in the salt mines of Eastern Europe, where miners were said to emerge from their toil with rejuvenated skin, greater lung capacity and a reduced incidence of respiratory ailments. Healing spas began to spring up around the salt mines, catering to people with a[Read More…]
Expanded Winter Fest Parade will roll Saturday
by Trish Rudder The 6th annual Winter Fest Parade will roll through Berkeley Springs this Saturday, December 3, beginning at 5 p.m. The parade event has grown, with about 90 entrees this year and larger floats joining the public display. To accommodate more and larger floats, the parade route has[Read More…]
Middle school to hold Winter Concert
The Warm Springs Middle School Music department will present its Winter Concert on Sunday, December 11 at 2 p.m. The concert will feature the middle school sixth grade band and the seventh/eighth grade combined band conducted by band director Ian Helmick, along with the seventh/eighth grade combined choir directed by choir teacher[Read More…]
McDaniel passes on metal arts through blacksmithing school & guides
by Kate Evans Tucked away in southern Morgan County is master blacksmith Randy McDaniel’s Expressive Metals School of Blacksmithing shop where McDaniel teaches personal basic to advanced blacksmith classes to serious students of the art. McDaniel has over 45 years of professional experience working with mediums such as hot steel,[Read More…]