by Helen Bradfield Shambaugh Editor’s note: This article was published originally in the Winter 2003 issue of Goldenseal: West Virginia’s magazine of traditional life. It is reprinted here with the permission of Goldenseal and the author. Shambaugh grew up in the community of Woodrow. She first met Patty Norton while Norton was working as a […]

by Geoff Fox Washington County Commissioners on Tuesday, March 9, unanimously approved a $1.4 million project that would see numerous roads within the county receive a chip seal improvement. Three roads in the Hancock area will be seeing work done on them starting in May. Sandy Mile Road from Western Pike to the Pennsylvania Line, […]

Mask mandates still in effect West Virginia Governor Jim Justice last Friday said all state businesses can operate all their full capacity, including restaurants, bars, grocery stores, retail outlets and fitness centers. The change went into effect over the weekend. Business are still asked to follow Covid-19 safety guidelines, said state officials. Those include mandatory […]

  A Berkeley Springs man has been charged with first-degree robbery. Derrick D. Gladden, 43, was charged with the felony on Saturday, March 6. According to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court, Sgt. S. A. Nazelrod of the West Virginia State Police responded to a call on Saturday evening for a burglary/robbery […]

by Geoff Fox The Town of Hancock and National Park Service recently signed a Cooperative Management Agreement that would allow the town to move closer to a proposed boat ramp improvement project along the Potomac River. Hancock’s Potomac boatramp is slated for improvements by the town and National Park Service. Christina Hanson, Chief of Interpretation, […]

by Trish Rudder A special meeting with Bath attorney Richard Gay was scheduled for Tuesday, March 9 at 5 p.m. at Town Hall to speak to the town’s Ordinance Committee and Historic Landmarks Commission regarding the state’s rules on Chapter 8, Section 26A pertaining to Certificates of Appropriateness. Gay is also scheduled to explain the […]

Shelby Jean Deschenes 1940-2021 Shelby Jean Deschenes, age 80, of Hedgesville, W.Va., died on Monday, March 1, 2021 at the WVU-EAST Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.Va. Born December 23, 1940 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Roy Woodrow “Bud” and Frances Virginia Barker Moss. She was a Christian. Shelby […]

Robert P. Leftridge Robert Paul Leftridge, 84, of Berkeley Springs, died on March 2, 2021 at Winchester Medical Center in Winchester, Va. Arrangements by Hunter-Anderson Funeral Home, Berkeley Springs.

Jon D. Linaweaver 1970-2021 Jon David Linaweaver 50, born in Berkeley Springs on July 2, 1970, died in Martinsburg on March 3, 2021. He is the son of the late Chester “Jeff” and Catherine Maxine (Frock) Linaweaver. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by siblings Donna Jean Linaweaver, Patricia Garcia, Vicki […]

Ruby Ilene Rockwell 1935-2021 Ruby Ilene Rockwell, age 86, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va. died on March 1, 2021 at Berkeley Springs Center in Berkeley Springs. Born February 19, 1935 in Morgan County, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Silas Jerome and Anna Beatrice Penner Murphy. Ruby is survived by six daughters, Carolyn Sue […]