Jessie B. (Smith) Snyder 1940-2021 Jessie B. (Smith) Snyder, age 80, of Hagerstown, Md., died on Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at her home. Born December 25, 1940, in Fulton County, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Sodd William Smith and Marjorie Alice (Fling) Smith. She was a 1958 graduate of Hancock High School, […]

Michael Murray 1948-2021 Michael Murray, 73, of Falling Waters, W.Va., passed away on Saturday, October 9, 2021 at Meritus Medical Center. Born May 3, 1948 in Berlin, Germany, he was the son of the late Richard Andrew and Marianne Lina (Mehrmann) Murray. Michael graduated from Hancock High School with the class of 1966. He loved […]

Boyd Price Farris 1926-2021 Boyd Price Farris, age 95, of Great Cacapon, W.Va., died on Sunday, September 26, 2021 at The Berkeley Springs Center LLC. Born June 23, 1926 in Great Cacapon, W.Va., he was the son of the late Boyd Price and Nellie Divelbliss Farris. He was a member of Love Assembly of God […]

Jay Warren Hammer 1977-2021 Jay Warren Hammer, 44, died September 1, 2021. Born January 14, 1977 he was preceded in death by his father, Warren Hammer. Jay was raised near Berkeley Springs, W.Va., and attended Berkeley Springs High School. He later discovered home in Tennessee where he flourished and found serenity and a peaceful purpose […]

Tracey Robinson 1971-2021 Tracey L. Robinson, 50, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away on Thursday, September 16, 2021 at Fairfax Hospital in Virginia. She was born on March 17, 1971 in Everett, Pa.; a daughter of Jerry L. and Vicki D. (Hammond) Robinson of Everett. Along with her parents, she is survived by daughter Emily […]

William Alva Marshall 1938-2021 William Alva Marshall, age 83, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Sunday, October 10, 2021 at The Shenandoah Center in Charles Town, W.Va. Born June 24, 1938 in Bloomingdale, N.Y., he was the son of the late Alvin “Slim” and Lil Hamilton Marshall. He was a Christian. He attended public schools […]

by Kate Evans School Superintendent Kristen Tuttle said last week the county is trying to provide a fairly normal school year amid the ongoing COVID pandemic.  The big issue is staffing, she said.  The county school system is still hiring substitutes, teachers and service personnel.  Everyone is pitching in and they haven’t had to close […]

by Trish Rudder Berkeley Springs Water Works (BSWW), the Town of Bath-owned water department, is seeking professional engineering consulting firms to be considered for a water line extension project along U.S. 522. Berkeley Springs Water Works. An advertisement was placed in The Morgan Messenger that the town’s public water system “is accepting Statement of Qualifications […]

by Geoff Fox & Kate Shunney Hancock town officials have signed off on the details of a corporate restructuring for Harvest of Maryland, the medical cannabis grower and processor with a location on Hancock’s South Street. Harvest owns three Maryland medical cannabis licenses for cultivation, processing and a dispensary. The processor license is held by […]

by Kate Shunney As of early this week, Morgan County’s vaccination rate was second from the bottom of West Virginia’s 55 counties. Only Mingo County, on the south border of the state, has a lower rate of vaccination for their residents. On Monday, October 11, 29.9% of Morgan County’s population of 17,884 residents had received […]