Thomas E. Risinger 1951-2018 Thomas Edward Risinger, 67, of Hedgesville, died Saturday, September 1, 2018 at WVU-East Berkeley Medical Center, Martinsburg. Born August 15, 1951 in Martinsburg, he was the son of the late Elwood Edward and Dorothy Mae French Risinger. He served six years in the Air National Guard. He graduated from Berkeley Springs High School, […]

William H. Merson 1936-2018 William Henry Merson, 81, of Berkeley Springs, died Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at The Berkeley Springs Center, LLC. Born November 10, 1936 in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of the late Albert Harvey and Lillian Roberta Weitzel Merson. He was a Christian. He attended public schools in Maryland. He served in the U.S. Army […]

Thomas L. Rhea 1946-2018 Thomas Lee “Tommy” Rhea, 72, died Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at his home. Born March 29, 1946 in Ohio, he was the son of the late Harry and Gaye Mullins Rhea Inman. He attended schools in Ohio. He was a self-employed electrician. He was an Army Veteran of the Vietnam War. […]

Margaret R. Mitchell 1934-2018 Margaret Rose Mitchell, age 84, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at her home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born April 15, 1934 in Essex, England, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Harriette Vincent Foster. She attended schools in England. […]

Howard D. Caulfield, Jr. 1948-2018 Howard Donald Caulfield, Jr., (69) formerly of Glen Burnie, Md., passed away suddenly Sunday, August 26, 2018 at his home in Great Cacapon, W.Va. He was born December 12, 1948 in Baltimore and graduated from Brooklyn Park High School in 1966. He attended University of Baltimore from 1966 to 1970. […]

by KATE EVANS Morgan County Observatory Foundation president Kevin Boles has asked school officials to sell the observatory facility and two acres of land to put in water and sewer to the nonprofit for a nominal fee of $1. His request came at the August 21 Morgan County School Board meeting. Boles said he’d asked […]

photo by Elmer Wills by GEOFF FOX Two wrecks marred a street-racing event at the Potomac Airfield in Hancock, WV, this past weekend. One wreck left a man seriously injured. The two-day event drew around 1,000 people according to a social media post by the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office. The actual number was far less […]

A Berkeley Springs man fleeing a traffic stop on Fairview Drive was arrested in Washington County, Md. after police there used “stop sticks” to deflate his tires on I-70. According to a press release from the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department, David E. Bucher, 51, will face charges in both West Virginia and Maryland following a […]

by KATE EVANS The Morgan County School Board approved a contract with Unite GPS for the Crosswalk k-12 School Transportation Safety Solution for 38 buses for the 2018-2019 school year. The cost of the total implementation and integration of the Crosswalk system is $7,600 plus a total monthly $950 subscription cost for the software. Transportation […]

Tri-State Community Health received two awards on August 16 from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) at a presentation in McConnellsburg. The agency presented Tri-State representatives with the National Quality Leader award and a Health Center Quality Leader award. The awards recognize the highest performing health centers among over 1,400 health centers in […]