by Lisa Schauer The third annual Two-Mile Music Fest was held on a picture-perfect Saturday, August 2 at Kirkland Park in Hancock. Headlined by Nashville’s Adam Calvert, and featuring performances by Zac Grace and Jake Groft, the festival was a celebration of contemporary country music. A car show drew admirers[Read More…]
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Chamber seeks Apple Butter Festival parade entries
What do marching bands, floats, antique cars, community clubs, and fifty years of small-town magic have in common? They’re all lining up for the 50th Annual Apple Butter Festival Parade, and you’re invited to be part of it. At 9 a.m. on Saturday, October 11, Berkeley Springs will come alive[Read More…]
DNR reminds new hunters to complete hunter education before fall seasons
As excitement builds for fall hunting in West Virginia, the Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) is reminding anyone born on or after January 1, 1975, that completing a hunter education course is a legal requirement before buying a hunting license. “Hunter education is the foundation of safe and responsible hunting,”[Read More…]
It’s Stacy-Healthy Eats: Dog Days Vegetable Soup
Dog Days Vegetable Soup What to do with all the extra vegetables from our gardens? We do not want them to go to waste. My Great-Grandmother, Arizona Henry, would can, freeze, and make soups with all her extra vegetables. Grandma always told me never to waste food because one[Read More…]
CAMP JOY: 34 Years of faith, sweat and service
by Nancy Wheeler It’s a tradition that never grows old—because it’s built on mission. For 34 summers, CAMP JOY has brought together the spirited energy of nearly 100 teens and seasoned adults to repair homes, renew hope, and strengthen community ties throughout the tri-state region. During the week of July[Read More…]
Pantry outreach in Great Cacapon continues Louise Spring’s legacy of giving
by Kate Shunney “On weeks when it looks like we can only feed 10 people, 10 people come,” Eric Thompson says of his work at Louise’s Cupboard, a food pantry outreach in Great Cacapon. Thompson leads me into the storeroom of the pantry, two rooms into the rectory of Calvary[Read More…]
County EXPO offers taste of Morgan County talent this Saturday
The Morgan County EXPO, a celebration of youth and local skills, will be held this Saturday, July 26 in the Berkeley Springs State Park and at the Ice House. Main events run from 10 a.m. on Saturday to 3 p.m. with live music in the park, along with contests, EXPO[Read More…]
Groups add inspiring mural to Paw Paw public space
Several members of the Paw Paw community, Empower U and Mountain Movers leaders banded together with the help of artist Sharon Zeismer to create a multi-panel mural at the Village Square apartments in Paw Paw. Zeismer oversaw the drawing and painting while participants painted the mural. The mural design was[Read More…]
The Critton Hollow String Band celebrates their 50th year of performing
by Kate Evans The legendary and treasured Critton Hollow String Band has performed their traditional music all over the Morgan County, the United States, Canada, Scotland, Japan, Ireland and internationally for 50 years at a multitude of folk music venues, festivals and concerts. Critton Hollow String Band will be performing[Read More…]
Wildflower meadow at Cacapon thriving as part of pollinator work
by Kate Shunney Park Naturalist Valerie Chaney championed a pollinator plot a few years back at Cacapon State Park, in partnership with an effort to attract and study Monarch butterflies, which face tough competition for their needed habitat. Today, that “plot” has grown into a two-acre wildflower meadow that is[Read More…]
