by Geoff Fox Town officials unanimously amended a portion of the Code of the Town of Hancock during last Wednesday’s town meeting with an ordinance regarding excessive use of police services. The ordinance takes effect 20 days after passage, which would be Tuesday, October 2. The ordinance has been in the works for the last […]

by Geoff Fox Washington County Commissioners have awarded the Hagerstown YMCA a $51,455 in Community Development Block Grant Funds by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development. The grant money will be funding the after-school youth program in Hancock, which is held at Hancock Elementary. The town had reached out to the YMCA to […]

by TRISH RUDDER At the September 12 Warm Springs Public Service District (WSPS) meeting, board members decided a proposed sanitary system improvement project needs further discussion and work sessions are being planned. Mike Jenkins, who chairs the public sewer board, said that the committee wanted an overall report of the health of the system from […]

A Great Cacapon man was charged last week with the misdemeanor of illegal voting after investigators from the West Virginia Secretary of State’s office looked into his residency and voting record. Jeffrey Hartman, 73, of Gaither Road has been registered to vote in Morgan County since 2005. According to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan […]

by Kate Evans Morgan County students, businesses and organiza-tions spruced up the community and helped other agencies during the annual United Way of the Eastern Panhandle’s Day of Caring on Tuesday, September 11. Morgan County Extension Agent Cindy Smalley, the Morgan County Day of Caring coordinator, reported that nearly 200 volunteers participated in the Day […]

Charles E.  Snyder 1940-2018 Charles E. Snyder, 77, of Big Pool Md., went to meet the Lord on Saturday, September 14, 2018, at Doey’s House in Hagerstown, surrounded by his family. He was born on September 15, 1940 in Baltimore, MD to Sylvia and James Snyder of Baltimore, Md. He retired from Bethlehem Steel, and […]

Vernon R. Franklin, Sr. 1925-2018 Vernon Rees Franklin, Sr., age 93, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Sunday, September 16, 2018 at Winchester Medical Center. Born September 13, 1925 in Hyattsville, Md., he was the son of the late George Harold and Marie Leora Rees Franklin. He was a member of the Berkeley Springs Seventh-day […]

Michael C. Dillow 1969-2018 Michael Christian Dillow, 48, of Hedgesville died Thursday, September 13, 2018 at his home. Born December 19, 1969 in Ranson, he was the son of Ronald Calvin Dillow, Sr., Hedgesville and Lorna Maxine Roberts, Williamsport, Md. He was a Christian. He attended North Hagerstown High School in Hagerstown, Md. He was self-employed […]

A Berkeley Springs man was charged for stabbing on N. Washington Street. According to a press release from the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department on Saturday, September 8, Corporal Lemon and Special Deputy T. J. Johnson of the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department responded to 25 Union Street, Berkeley Springs for a reported stabbing. On arrival at the […]

High water ran across the road on Route 9 East on Sunday.photo by Zack Sipes,Berkeley Springs Volunteer Fire Company by Trish Rudder The National Weather Service on Monday, September 10 declared hazardous weather conditions in Morgan County with a flood warning until 3:30 p.m. and a hazardous weather outlook through next Sunday. High water closed […]