by Kate Shunney The Morgan County Commission rejected a multi-point proposal from Frontier Communications to settle a complaint that 911 calls from Paw Paw can’t always get through to dispatchers. Morgan County 911 filed a complaint against Frontier with the West Virginia Public Service Commission on July 22. That complaint[Read More…]
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RSV makes early appearance this season, poses threat to young patients
Public health officials have already seen an increase in respiratory viruses affecting children and infants this season, and recommend precautions to stem the spread to others. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Health Alert for Rhinoviruses (RSV) and Enterovirus (EV) last month, saying doctors and nurses[Read More…]
West Virginia’s in-person early voting period begins October 26
In-person early voting throughout West Virginia will begin Wednesday, October 26. Early voting will be available to eligible voters for 10 days. All 55 counties offer early voting for those eligible voters wanting to cast a ballot in person prior to Election Day. A registered voter can vote early at[Read More…]
Chip Shots – I can remember
I can remember by Jim Buzzerd I’m old enough to remember the West Virginia University football team being perennially irrelevant. I began paying attention to WVU athletics circa 1963 when the Mountaineers were in the Southern Conference. As an eight year old I didn’t really have much of a perspective[Read More…]
TBS reports 57% increase in tourism
by Trish Rudder & Kate Shunney Travel Berkeley Springs (TBS) president Stephanie Rebant told the Bath Town Council that tourism is on the rise in Morgan County with a 20-30% lodging increase over last year. She told the council on October 18 that the hotel/motel tax revenue collected by the[Read More…]
King and Queen
Sugar Hollow and Winchester Grade Roads closed starting Thursday
Sugar Hollow Road, County Route 38/14, will be closed 24 hours a day beginning Wednesday, October 26, to allow contractors to install a box culvert. The closure is expected to last one month. The closure will be located on the north end of Sugar Hollow Road. There will be a[Read More…]
Gibson Blake Fravel
Gibson Blake Fravel 2004-2022 Gibson Blake Fravel, 18, of Paw Paw, unexpectedly went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at Paw Paw. He was born October 1, 2004 at Cumberland, Maryland and was the son of Justin Fravel and Talia Bosley Fravel. He was a Senior[Read More…]
Sue Ellen Schwartzbeck
Sue Ellen Schwartzbeck 1963-2022 Sue Ellen Schwartzbeck, age 59, of Kearneysville, W.Va., died on Friday, October 21, 2022 at WVU Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va. Born July 15, 1963 in Olney, Md., she was the daughter of Helen Marie Beach Schwartzbeck of Berkeley Springs, W.Va. and the late James Levi[Read More…]
Roxanna Louise Herbert-Lucas
Roxanna Louise Herbert-Lucas 1953-2022 Roxanna “Roxi” Louise Herbert-Lucas, 69, of Clear Spring, Md., passed away Sunday, October 23, 2022, at Doey’s House in Hagerstown, Md. Born July 22, 1953, in Hagerstown, Md., she was the daughter of the late Charles Roger Baker and Hilda Louise (Yeakle) Kayser. Roxi was a[Read More…]
