by Trish Rudder The Town of Bath budget of $913,731 was increased by $38,557 or 4.4% for fiscal year 2023-24. The budget goes into effect July 1 and ends June 30, 2024. The bulk of the town’s revenue comes from a projected property tax collection of $184,926 and an unassigned[Read More…]
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State postpones Tuesday hearing on Cacapon RV proposals
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) has postponed a Public Hearing set for Tuesday, April 18 about proposals to place an RV campground inside Cacapon State Park. On Monday afternoon, attorneys for the DNR told a Morgan County Circuit Court they had postponed the hearing after a[Read More…]
Families of local students to get summer food benefits on P-EBT cards
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) has received approval from the United States Department of Agriculture to issue Summer Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT). The federal COVID-19 public health emergency is ending, and West Virginia will issue a final P-EBT benefit for the covered summer period.[Read More…]
Preissler Fund to award $150,000 to arts, nature programs again in 2023
The Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation (EWVCF) will again award $150,000 in grants to Eastern Panhandle schools and nonprofit organizations from the Detlev and Mary Ellen Preissler Fund for the Arts, Music, Design, and Nature in 2023. Eastern Panhandle schools and nonprofit organizations that inspire and educate children through the[Read More…]
Grand Jury indicts 19 in April term
The Morgan County Grand Jury met on Tuesday, April 4 in Morgan County Circuit Court and indicted 19 individuals on a variety of criminal charges. Those charges stemmed from incidents in 2022 and 2023, ranging from the murder of a Morgan County man in September of 2022 to drug dealing[Read More…]
County officials tell State Parks that large RV proposal doesn’t fit Cacapon
by Kate Shunney Morgan County Commissioners last Wednesday sent a letter to the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) and Chief of Parks saying the RV campground proposals they have received for Cacapon State Park aren’t a good fit for the park’s capacity or character. All three commissioners voted[Read More…]
DNR will hold April 18 public meeting at Cacapon about RV proposals
Editor’s note: This story was updated on April 12 to correct a statement that the DNR had not advertised this Public Hearing. That was incorrect. The DNR did place a legal ad about the Public Hearing in The Martinsburg Journal. by Kate Shunney A spokesman for the West Virginia State[Read More…]
Traffic patterns change as beams placed on overpass at Winchester Grade Road
Traffic patterns along Winchester Grade Road/County Rt. 13 shifted on Tuesday, April 11 to accommodate overhead crane activity related to the construction of the U.S. 522 Bypass. Two cranes worked in tandem to lower beams onto the overpass abutments near the Sheetz store in Berkeley Springs. By 1 p.m., two[Read More…]
It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats — Pickled eggs
Pickled Eggs My Great Grandmother, Arizona Henry, would spend all day the Saturday before Easter Sunday in the kitchen preparing for our Easter dinner. We would get up on Easter Sunday morning, dress in our Sunday attire, and walk to the Trinity Church on Harrison Avenue in Berkeley Springs. My[Read More…]
Rutter’s submits preliminary plans for Berkeley Springs gas station
by Kate Shunney Rumors of a Rutter’s gas station and convenience store coming to Berkeley Springs were confirmed last month as the Pennsylvania-based company submitted preliminary plans for a location along U.S. 522 to the Morgan County Planning office. County Planner Alex Moore said the preliminary sketch plan will be[Read More…]
