by Kate Evans Paw Paw Public Library Director Ginny DiFrancesco said that their library is organizing an arts and crafts show from April 24-May 6. Set-up for the art show begins the morning of Monday, April 24 around 9 a.m. Organizers hope to include paintings, woodworking, jewelry, quilting, knitting, crocheting,[Read More…]
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Young Yukes to perform at Ice House on April 15
BlackCat Music Cooperative’s very popular youth vocal group, “The Young Yukes,” will be in concert on Saturday, April 15 at the Ice House in Berkeley Springs. The show, “Spring Strings,” was created and fully produced by the eight-member group to include song selection, stage presentation, show posters and social media[Read More…]
It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats — Lasagna Soup
Lasagna Soup My Great Grandmother, Arizona Henry, always used food sparingly. She saved all her broken lasagna noodles for soup. She lived through the Great Depression, which made her thrifty with meals. She loved anything made with her home-canned tomatoes, including lasagna soup. My grandma lived to be 100 years[Read More…]
New electrician business RTW Electric, LLC opens in area
by Kate Evans Morgan County resident Ron Wood, a licensed and insured electrician, opened his new electrician business RTW Electric, LLC at the beginning of February. Wood has more than 20 years’ experience as an electrician. He handles half residential and half commercial electrical jobs. Services Services that RTW Electric,[Read More…]
It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats — Strawberries for Nutrition Month
Strawberry Spinach Salad Every month was National Nutrition Month for my Great Grandmother, Arizona Henry. She understood the importance of eating healthy while getting daily exercise. She enjoyed walking well into her nineties. March is National Nutrition Month, and it was created 50 years ago, in 1973. In celebration, I[Read More…]
Multiple headstones vandalized in Greenway
Last week Bath’ s Cemetery Corporation discovered that two headstones were likely recently vandalized in Greenway Cemetery. One belongs to the Barney family and the other to the Unger family. Each headstone is detached from its base. The Barney headstone fell from its base several years ago. Vandals tried to[Read More…]
It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats –Chunky Asparagus Soup
Chunky Asparagus Soup My great-grandmother, Arizona Henry, always told me that the only downside to eating asparagus is that your pee smells like a skunk spray for hours after you eat it. The smell will make you think you have an infection. But no worries, asparagus is nontoxic. This smell[Read More…]
It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats — Apple Bundt Cake
Apple Bundt Cake My Great Grandmother, Arizona Henry, knew what to do with those old mealy apples stored in our root cellar. She would bake several apple bundt cakes to share with the neighbors. She liked hers with caramel glaze. Apples become mealy about this time of year. Mealy apples[Read More…]
Italy, Bosnia & Taiwan take top bottled water awards at 2023 Water Tasting
Judges for the Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting awarded top honors to waters from around the world on Saturday, February 25 during an award ceremony at The Country Inn. The ceremony closed the 33rd annual festival, which was a two-day event in Berkeley Springs. Five continents had waters among the[Read More…]
It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats — Potato, corn & ham soup
Potato, Corn, and Ham Soup My Great Grandmother, Arizona Henry, would use potatoes from the root cellar to make different kinds of potato soups. My favorite was the one she made with corn and ham. We spent many hot summer days shucking and cutting corn off the cob, putting it[Read More…]
