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…]
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Berkeley Springs native wins best in show at Tamarack
by Lisa Schauer Artist Payton Brown, daughter of Berkeley Springs residents Mary and Greg Brown, won first place recently in the 16th annual Best of West Virginia open juried art exhibition in the fine arts gallery at Tamarack Marketplace in Beckley. Tamarack Marketplace displays and sells fine arts and crafts[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…]
Joyce Ann Bonner
Joyce Ann Bonner 1934-2024 Joyce Ann Bonner, age 90, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, July 11, 2024 at Doey’s House in Hagerstown, Md. Born April 27, 1934 in Peoria, Ill., she was daughter of the late David and Roxie Koger Gregory. She was of Methodist faith. Joyce was a[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…]
Morgan County Expo to focus on youth & family fun July 27
by Kate Evans The 2024 Morgan County Expo will take place on Saturday, July 27 at Berkeley Springs State Park and the Morgan Arts Council’s Ice House from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Spearheaded by the Morgan County Extension Office, the family event features art, musical entertainment, exhibits, food, crafts,[Read More…]
New electric substation in Great Cacapon will move 1,800 customers to more reliable line
by Kate Shunney Drivers along Cacapon Road in western Morgan County have encountered excavation work activity in the last month. The work is associated with the construction of a new electric substation by FirstEnergy, parent company of Potomac Edison, the local power utility. The Morgan County Planning Commission approved plans[Read More…]
