by Geoff Fox The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration recently announced a study underway about the possible extension of the Brunswick Line westward. One possible stop on an extension could be at the Hancock station. The initiative for the study is based in part on legislation adopted in[Read More…]
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State claims North Wilkes Street will be paved this year
by Trish Rudder Paving North Wilkes Street is on the West Virginia Division of Highways (DOH) to-do list for 2023. That’s what town and DOH officials are saying. Bath Town Recorder Susan Webster said she submitted a personal complaint to the DOH office in Charleston and was contacted by Todd[Read More…]
Jury convicts Hedgesville man of armed robbery
Jurors serving in Morgan County Circuit Court last week handed down guilty verdicts on all four charges in a trial stemming from an armed robbery on River Road last summer. Deliberations by the jury took less than 30 minutes at the end of a trial lasting a day and a[Read More…]
Chip Shots – A Step Back
A step back by Jim Buzzerd I’ve been trying to present the West Virginia University men’s basketball team as a team on the mend after a rough start in conference play. After Saturday’s 94-60 loss at Texas, I’m not sure what to think. WVU went to Austin having won four[Read More…]
Centenarian celebrated at War Memorial
by Lisa Schauer Caregivers and residents at War Memorial Hospital’s extended care unit gathered to celebrate one resident’s 100th birthday on Monday, February 13. Surrounded by family members, John Kielek, 100, formerly of Baltimore, was enjoying a birthday lunch of pepperoni pizza, sheet cake and Sprite in the unit’s decorated[Read More…]
County commits funds to study walking corridor along U.S. 522
by Kate Shunney Morgan County officials have committed to spending $82,000 in Hotel/Motel funds as a match to a federal grant that will study the possibility of creating a pedestrian-safe access path from the Food Lion area in Berkeley Springs to the C&O Canal in Hancock. Commissioners had previously agreed[Read More…]
Small game & trapping seasons run through the end of February, March
West Virginia hunters and trappers have until late February and March to close out various small game seasons. Hunting and trapping seasons for red and gray fox, bobcat and raccoon will close on February 28. Trapping seasons for coyote, otter, mink and muskrat will also close on February 28. The[Read More…]
Bernard Kerns
Bernard Kerns 1955-2023 Bernard Kerns, age 67, of Hancock, Md., died on Monday, February 13, 2023 at Hagerstown Health Care. Born April 11, 1955 in Rantoul, Ill., he was the son of Freda May Younker Kerns of Hancock, Md. and the late Cletus Elson Kerns. He attended Hancock Assembly of[Read More…]
Caryol Jean Evans
Caryol Jean Evans 1943-2023 Caryol Jean Evans passed peacefully out of this life on Friday, February 10, 2023, at her home in Paw Paw, W.Va. She was born January 8, 1943 to George Kenneth and Catherine Eugenia (Flora) Chambers. Both parents preceded her in death and also three brothers, George[Read More…]
Ambrose Thomas Gregory
Ambrose Thomas Gregory 1949-2023 Ambrose Thomas “Tom” Gregory, age 73, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Monday, January 23, 2023 at War Memorial Hospital. Born October 23, 1949 in Webster County, W.Va., he was the son of the late Ernest Clifford and Carrie Velma Wyatt Gregory. He worked as a[Read More…]
