Bills says project “hit headwinds” of interest rates, building costs by Kate Shunney The principal owner of Scenic LLC, the company that was poised to develop acreage below the Panorama Overlook into a KOA campground for RVs in Great Cacapon told Morgan County Commissioners this morning his company won’t carry[Read More…]
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Dunkin near DMV contingent on final stormwater permit
by Kate Shunney A four-space retail building planned for the lot next to the Berkeley Springs DMV has been approved by the Morgan County Planning Commission, contingent on the developer securing a final NPDES (stormwater management) permit for the site. The anchor business for that retail project is a Dunkin[Read More…]
Annual School Homecoming
Graduates from Berkeley Springs High School and their guests will assemble at Cacapon State Park Lodge to honor the classes of 1954, 1964 and 1974 on Saturday, September 28. The welcome and registration desk will be in the hallway to the left of the Lodge’s main entrance desk and will[Read More…]
Berkeley Springs, Paw Paw & Warm Springs Middle School athletics preparing for fall sports opening
by Jamie Harris As the summer days wind down, student-athletes in Berkeley Springs, Paw Paw and W arm Springs Middle School are gearing up for an exciting fall sports season. From volleyball and cross country to golf and football, to soccer and cheer, here’s a comprehensive look at the upcoming[Read More…]
Back to School Bash will offer supplies for students August 9
by Kate Evans Morgan County students and their families can get free school supplies at the Friday, August 9 community Back to School Bash. The annual drive-through event will take place rain or shine from 5-7 p.m. at Warm Springs Intermediate School, located at 575 Warm Springs Way in Berkeley[Read More…]
War Memorial makes list of Top 20 critical access hospitals nationwide
The National Rural Health Association picked two West Virginia hospitals from a list of top 100 critical access hospitals to be named among the Top 20 Critical Access Hospitals in the nation. War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs and Hampshire Memorial Hospital in Romney made that Top 20 list, which[Read More…]
Town trees need volunteer waterers as lack of rain poses challenge
by Kate Lehman, Bath Tree Board The Town of Bath Tree Board has planted nearly 60 trees over the past three years with funds provided by a West Virginia Division of Forestry Demonstration City Grant (DCG). The terms of the grant require that trees be watered at least once a[Read More…]
Seasoned Bath interim police chief comes with experience
by Trish Rudder Berkeley Springs’ new interim chief of police is a retired Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department Captain with 28 years of law enforcement service. Ron Gardner, full-time patrol officer, took over lead of the town department after former chief Bill Carper resigned in May. He has been with the[Read More…]
Delectable Mountains Quilt Show opens July 26 with new works
by Trish Rudder The Delectable Mountains Quilt Guild has been presenting shows in Berkeley Springs for 40 years, and this year’s “Take Me Home Country Roads” 2024 quilt show will open Friday, July 26 and remain on display through Sunday, September 15 at the Morgan County Arts Center Ice House.[Read More…]
Great Cacapon man charged with assaulting officers and first responders
Police were dispatched to a residence on Wiggins Run Road in Great Cacapon for a drug overdose on Saturday, July 6 at about 9 a.m. The subject, later identified as Jonathon Day, 42, was unresponsive en route, according to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court by Morgan[Read More…]
