Donald Keith Mace 1935-2022 Donald Keith Mace, age 87, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Friday, July 8, 2022 at Winchester Medical Center. Born February 9, 1935 in Bath County, Va., he was the son of the late Clyde Harold and Ida Mae Grimm Mace. He was of the Baptist and of the Nazarene faith. […]
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Janet Kay Kesecker
Janet Kay Kesecker 1937-2022 Janet Kay Kesecker of Sarasota, Fla., formerly from Berkeley Springs, passed away peacefully, on July 5, 2022, after a long battle of Parkinson’s. Janet was born on January 16, 1937, in Martinsburg, W.Va., to the late Earl and Lyndell Barney. She graduated from Hedgesville High School and was a loving mother […]
Carol Sue Light
Carol Sue Light 1949-2022 Carol Sue Light, age 72, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, July 7, 2022 at WVUH East Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.Va. Born July 23, 1949 at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs, W.Va, she was the daughter of the late William Douglas and Clara Louise Rockwell Courtney. She […]
Berkeley Springs nursing & rehab center has new owners
CommuniCare Health Services buys Stonerise nursing homes by Kate Shunney Stonerise Berkeley Springs, Morgan County largest nursing home and rehab center, has been purchased by an Ohio-based company called CommuniCare Health Services. In a press release dated July 6, officials with Stonerise announced that CommuniCare has bought the West Virginia company’s 17 health care centers, […]
Old cemetery in new hands
by Kate Shunney One of Morgan County’s historic graveyards is now part of the Town of Bath, following a multi-step annexation process. Last Wednesday, July 6, the Morgan County Commissioners held a public hearing and voted to approve the request to move the Old English Cemetery into the Bath town limits. Attorney Richard Gay and […]
Air conditioning outage at Senior Center affects multiple groups
Long-term fix is expensive by Kate Evans The air conditioning at the Senior Life Services of Morgan County building — the former U.S. Silica in Berkeley Springs — hasn’t been working right for over six weeks. The entire facility was affected at first, but repair work was done that fixed the air conditioning in half […]
McClintock is new Pleasant View principal
by Kate Evans Summer McClintock, current Morgan County Schools elementary academic coach and former Pleasant View Elementary fourth grade teacher, was named the new Pleasant View Elementary Principal at the July 5 Morgan County School Board meeting. Former longtime Pleasant View Principal Keri Cunningham Chilcote resigned at the end of June 15. In her new […]
School board approves changes of personnel at county schools
by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board approved resignations, hires and additional duty for school personnel at their July 5 meeting. The board accepted the resignation of Ginnie Molnar from her longtime role as Widmyer Elementary Assistant Principal. Her resignation was effective June 27. Les Morris resigned as halftime Berkeley Springs High School credit […]
Registration still open for MC After 3 Summer Camp at Cacapon State Park
by Kate Evans The eighth annual MC After 3 Summer Camp is set for July 25-August 5 at Cacapon State Park Morgan County students entering sixth through twelfth grade are eligible to attend the free summer camp, which runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Registration is still open for the free camp. […]
Chip Shots – Shifting Gears
Shifting gears by Jim Buzzerd Last week USC and UCLA announced they were leaving the PAC 12 to join the Big 10. About a year ago Oklahoma and Texas announced they were leaving the Big 12 to join the SEC. In each case these announcements came as a complete surprise to the world of college […]
