by Kate Evans The Morgan County Board of Education’s financial situation continues to improve as additional federal and state COVID-19 recovery monies bolstered their finances this past year during Fiscal Year 2022. Morgan County Schools Treasurer Ann Bell said that the school system is planning for how to sustain everything[Read More…]
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Bath water line replacement project will take months to finish
by Trish Rudder About 10% of the work on the Phase IV Town of Bath Water line replacement project has been done as of August 28. Councilman Chris Chapman, who chairs the Berkeley Springs Water Works (BSWW) committee, said the anticipated project finish date is February 27 because the project[Read More…]
Heath named West Virginia Chef Ambassador
A Berkeley Springs chef has been named one of nine new “Chef Ambassadors” for West Virginia. Governor Jim Justice lauded Berkeley Springs local Damian Heath and eight other top-level chefs from across West Virginia as one of the state’s first Chef Ambassadors at the Governor’s Conference on Tourism held in[Read More…]
No races change as uncounted ballots tabulated from May primary
County seeks legal remedy to add ballots to vote totals Candidates, clerks and County Commission staff stand in the election vault on Wednesday, September 21. Pictured, from left, is a Secretary of State’s investigator, Bill Clark, Darren Thorne, Ken Reed, GW Easton, Commissioner Sean Forney and Prosecuting Attorney Dan James. Clerks from the Morgan County […]
Charges pending against driver who struck tree
A head-on collision between a white work truck and a large tree along Waugh Road sent the driver and lone occupant of the vehicle to the hospital for medical care last Thursday, September 15. Sheriff K.C. Bohrer said police were advised to be on the lookout for the white truck with a cap with Maryland […]
It’s Stacy–Healthy Eats: String Beans
String beans My fondest memories of my Great Grandmother Arizona Henry were of us sitting on the screened-in back porch snapping string beans. She always called green beans, string beans. For hours my sister Lisa and I sat and snapped beans with my Grandma. She would try to make it fun by telling us that […]
County COVID cases remain at medium level
by Kate Evans Morgan County has 16 new cases of COVID-19 reported as of Friday, September 16 for the week of September 9 to September 15. County COVID transmission levels remain at medium level, according to the Morgan County Health Department Facebook page. The week of September 2-September 8 there were 26 new COVID cases. […]
Apple Butter prep fires up at Greenwood Community Center
by Lisa Schauer Josh Place of Berkeley Springs jars the first batch using his homemade apple butter filler at Greenwood School Community Center. Josh Baker of Berkeley Springs volunteered to stir apple butter on a long shift last Saturday, September 17 at Greenwood School Community Center. Diane Clark of Berkeley Springs stirs a 60-gallon vat […]
School board holds work session on LSIC goals, considers policies
by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board held a work session at their September 6 meeting to discuss updating the goals of the local school improvement councils (LSICs) to effectively and comprehensively communicate each school’s path to success through their vision and strategic plan. School board president Aaron Close had asked the board to […]
Eleanor Jean Effland
Eleanor Jean Effland 1934-2022 Eleanor Jean Effland, age 88, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, September 15, 2022 at War Memorial Hospital. She was born January 3, 1934 in Huntingdon, Pa., the only child of the late Alton Leroy and Hazel Elizabeth Wible Hooper. She was a member of Trinity-Asbury United Methodist Church, where […]
