by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools Assistant Superintendent Jeromy Duelley gave a presentation on school attendance procedures at the August 20 school board meeting. Duelley said Morgan County Schools’ chronic absenteeism rate was 22% last year, down from 28% from the 2022-2023 school year. Berkeley Springs High School chronic absenteeism[Read More…]
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Didawick pursues passion for dance at the WV Governor’s School for the Arts
by Kate Evans Berkeley Springs High School junior Ariella Didawick attended the West Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon this summer from June 23-July 13 to study dance. She was the first Berkeley Springs High School student to attend the program for dance.[Read More…]
Starting Points moves to become independent non-profit agency
by Kate Evans Shenandoah Community Health and Morgan County Starting Points have announced a planned transition in their longtime partnership where Starting Points will become an independent non-profit agency, according to a joint press release. Starting Points, a local non-profit family resource center in its 25th year of serving the[Read More…]
Gov. Justice extends State of Emergency for all 55 counties due to drought conditions
Gov. Jim Justice announced on Friday, August 23 he has extended the statewide State of Emergency for an additional 30 days due to a shortage of rainfall that has caused drought conditions. The U.S. Drought Monitor indicates extreme, severe, and moderate drought conditions have continued to impact the entire state.[Read More…]
Fan favorite “The Flashbacks” close summer concert series
by Lisa Schauer The biggest summer concert crowd of the season at Berkeley Springs State Park filled the green to see The Flashbacks perform the final concert in the park for the summer on Saturday, August 24. Lead singer Angela Petry worked the crowd, moving through the audience, delighting all[Read More…]
Northern Virginia man charged with grand larceny
A 67-year-old Manassas man has been charged with grand larceny after visiting the Salt Cave in Berkeley Springs on Monday, August 19. According to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court by Deputy Chris Roper with the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, police were dispatched to the Salt Cave[Read More…]
Lewisburg man charged with soliciting teen via computer, sexual assault
A Lewisburg man has been charged by Morgan County police with soliciting a minor via computer to travel to engage in prohibited sexual activity in the case of a teen who went missing from Berkeley Springs in early August. Robert D. Cobb, 61, was arrested on August 18 and is[Read More…]
Music festival at Kirkwood to raise money for cat adoption facility
by Geoff Fox The hills outside of Hancock will be alive with the sound of music and people on Saturday, September 7, as the second 2 Mile Music Fest will be held in Kirkwood Park, raising money for Give Purrs A Chance. The 2 Mile Music Fest runs 10 a.m.[Read More…]
Bath officials asked to consider enacting nondiscrimination protections
by Trish Rudder The co-founder and board member of West Virginia Pride in Berkeley Springs, Scott Collinash, asked the Town of Bath Council on August 20 to consider an ordinance to protect the rights of LGBTQ people from discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations. Fairness WV executive director Andrew[Read More…]
German Cemetery gets funding for ADA walkway
by Trish Rudder With the help of a grant from the State Historical Preservation Office (SHPO), the Foxglove Garden Club’s German Cemetery Committee members met last Friday to discuss the ADA Compliant walkway path that will meander through the cemetery. Foxglove member Linda Lockhart said last week that the initial[Read More…]
