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 […]

by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board closed on the sale of Greenwood Elementary and its 5.74 acres and property to Greenwood United Methodist Church for one dollar on September 4. School board president Aaron Close reported at their September 4 regular meeting that he signed the deed with church trustees earlier that day […]

by Trish Rudder At the September 4 Town Council meeting, the council approved sending a compliance letter to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) regarding a non-compliance issue with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act involving town sidewalks. A complaint was made regarding sidewalk deficiencies in May, 2016 by […]

Paula Osborne took a dilapidated tennis court and a group of children who had never picked up a tennis racket, and turned them into some of Morgan County’s finest players. Osborne was honored for her dedication to service at the annual Governor’s Service Awards dinner at the Culture Center at the State Capitol on Thursday, September […]

by Jamie Harris Both the Berkeley Springs High School and Paw Paw High School Cross Country Teams traveled to Clear Spring High School for the Interstate Classic on Saturday, September 1. The Berkeley Springs Lady Indians powered by th e one two punch of sophomore Belle Harvey and senior Brooke Davison captured the Small Team […]

Florence by Jim Buzzerd I’ve put off writing this until the last minute hoping to get some definitive word on the status of this Saturday’s scheduled football game between West Virginia University and North Carolina State in Raleigh. Hurricane Florence was category 4 status Tuesday morning and its predicted path has it making landfall somewhere […]

Norma D. Barnhart 1951-2018 Norma Darlene Barnhart, age 66, of Needmore, Pa., passed away on Sunday, September 9, 2018, at the Falling Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, in Chambersburg, Pa. Born September 20, 1951, in Hagerstown, Md., she was the daughter of the late Vergil and Thelma Francis, and the widow of Larry Lee Barnhart, […]

Rev. Theodore D. Marsh, Jr. 1953-2018 Rev. Theodore Daniel Marsh, Jr., age 64, of Hedgesville, W.Va., died on Friday, September 7, 2018 at his home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born November 22, 1953 in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of Helen May Mayne Marsh of Halethorpe, Md., and the late Theodore […]