Bowling scores for the Monday Tri-State Mixed on October 16: High scratch game: Mike’s Scrap Metal 540, Pin Pals 531 and Old Vets 462. High scratch series: Mike’s Scrap Metal 1,525, Pin Pals 1,404 and Old Vets 1,290. High scratch game men: Jeremy Breeden 257, John Duvall 195 and Dick[Read More…]
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STREAK OVER!!! Indians come from behind to stun Braxton County
by Jamie Harris The stage was set on a beautiful Saturday, October 28, afternoon at Morgan Field for the final regular season football game for the Berkeley Springs Indians. The Indians (0-9) were hosting the Braxton County Ea- gles (1-7) on a rare Saturday game and the last chance for[Read More…]
School enrollment drops, school system awaiting new buses
by Kate Evans County school enrollment has fallen by 24 students in the actual head count and the full-time enrollment count is down by 41 students, said Morgan County Schools Superintendent Kristen Tuttle at the October 17 Morgan County School Board meeting. They are waiting for the official October 1[Read More…]
Environmental Film Festival returns to Berkeley Springs
The Friends of the Cacapon River is hosting the second annual Cacapon River Environmental Short Film Festival. The event will be held on Saturday, November 18, 2023, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Historic Star Theater in Berkeley Springs. “The festival will celebrate the beauty of our West Virginia[Read More…]
Train Depot Grand Opening set for Veteran’s Day
by Trish Rudder Bath Town Recorder Susan Webster told the Town Council on October 17 that a Grand Opening of the Berkeley Springs Train Depot will be held on Saturday, November 11 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Grand Opening will begin with a ribbon-cutting in the back of[Read More…]
James Rumsey Technical Institute to host Fall Open House
James Rumsey Technical Institute (JRTI) will host an Open House from 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 7. Visit classrooms and meet instructors. No appointments are necessary. James Rumsey is located at 274 Hedgesville Road in Martinsburg. JRTI has been serving the community for over 50 years by providing quality[Read More…]
Berkeley Springs team takes third in WVU Pumpkin Drop
Berkeley Springs High School’s team of engineers were one of three groups to drop a pumpkin in the target zone during West Virginia University’s annual Pumpkin Drop competition in Morgantown on October 27. Plummeting pumpkins paved the way for future engineers at the 34th Pumpkin Drop event hosted by the[Read More…]
Artists invited to create ornaments for the 2023 Artistree
First Lady Cathy Justice and the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History invite West Virginians of all ages, including artists of all disciplines, to create and submit hand-crafted ornaments to be displayed on a Christm as tree at the West Virginia Culture Center this holiday season. Celebrating its[Read More…]
Esther Marie Kave
Esther Marie Kave 1928-2023 Esther Marie Kave, age 95, of Fairmont, W.Va. and formerly of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Monday, October 23, 2023 at Fairmont Medical Center in Fairmont, W.Va. Born June 23, 1928 in Morgan County, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Clarence Elmer Wilson and Bertha Elizabeth Hovermale. Esther was[Read More…]
Streambed stormwater design at depot lot being put in place
by Trish Rudder Construction of the stormwater control feature at the Berkeley Springs Train Depot got substantially underway last week with Pentoney Brothers Contracting LLC doing the work. The innovative stormwater control system on one-third of an acre at the Depot was designed to collect and filter stormwater runoff using[Read More…]
