Hancock in Motion will again host the Annual Christmas Tree Lighting this Saturday, November 24 at 6 p.m. in Joseph Hancock Park on Main Street. Santa will travel through town and stop at the Christmas tree to light it for the season. Children can then meet Santa and get a treat bag after telling him […]

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) announced late last week the recipients of the 2019 Stream Partners Grants. The West Virginia Stream Partners Program is a cooperative effort between the Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and the Soil Conservation Agency. The program has $100,000 annually appropriated to […]

 by Trish Rudder A request for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to analyze the Warm Springs watershed has not yet been approved, said Jim Michael of the Eastern Panhandle Conservation District (EPCD), who submitted the request in early October. Pam Yost, watershed economist at the NRCS Morgantown office said on Monday they won’t know […]

by Kate Shunney The Miller name is tied closely to apples and the fruit industry in Paw Paw. While the business spotlight was often on brothers Henry and Porter Miller, there were smaller orchard operations in western Morgan County that ran under the Miller name and built up the town’s fruit industry. Local residents remember […]

A winter storm dropped between seven and eight inches of ice and snow on the county and surrounding areas last Thursday, November 15. Precipitation started a little after daylight, but continued well into the evening, leaving local roads in dangerous conditions for the better part of the day. Morgan County Schools were called off both […]

Morgan County Public Library director Sarah Drennan (left) and assistant library director Amy Bryan-Chapman. by Kate Evans The Morgan County Public Library has a new team of directors at the helm along with several new programs. New Morgan County Public Library director Sarah Drennan is the library’s former children’s and young adult librarian. She took […]

by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board unanimously approved the agreement to transfer the Alex Rickli Soccer Complex property to Morgan County Parks and Recreation at their November 13 meeting. The board authorized School Superintendent Erich May to sign the deed and other necessary documents to complete the conveyance. May said that their legal […]

Hancock’s Veterans Memorial Library and the Hancock Historical Society are holding a contest to check local knowledge about Hancock area veterans. The contest encourages people to take a closer look at the banners honoring local veterans all around Widmeyer Park and at the Memorial Wall in the park. Contestants who answer 12 out of 15 […]

Larry L. Roman 1953-2018 Larry Lee Roman, age 64, of Hancock, Md., passed away on Sunday, November 18, 2018 at his home. Born December 13, 1953, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Lloyd L. and Marguerite R. (Yonker) Roman. He graduated from Hancock High School with the class of 1972. He had […]

Susan M. Gurson Susan May “Sue” Gurson, 70, of Berkeley Springs, died Monday, November 19, 2018 at her home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Full obituary will be in next week’s Morgan Messenger. Arrangements by Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 95 Union Street, Berkeley Springs.