by Lisa Schauer A Cumberland pair arrested in Paw Paw on Wednesday, June 16 and charged with possession with intent to distribute heroin.  Brady A. Twigg, 28, and Clarissa M. Twigg, 24, of Cumberland, Md. face those charges after being found unconscious in a vehicle at a local gas station. According to a criminal complaint […]

by Kate Evans COVID-19 cases have been declining amid the increasing numbers of people becoming fully vaccinated against COVID-19.  However, COVID-19 cases are rising in places where people are not getting vaccinated. COVID-19 vaccinations are now available for ages 12 and above. Some 54% of Maryland residents are fully vaccinated for COVID-19.  An estimated 47% […]

by Kate Shunney An effort underway in Paw Paw to add a headstone to the grave of Ray William Stotler is more than half way toward the goal of raising money needed for the memorial marker. Ray W. Stotler’s Paw Paw High School graduation picture. Community member and Vietnam veteran Luther “Jock” Shambaugh has organized […]

Heather Dawn Fleegle Cavey 1982-2021 Heather Dawn Fleegle Cavey, age 38, of Hancock, Md., went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. Born December 20, 1982 in McConnellsburg, Pa., she was the daughter of Emory Harrison Fleegle, Jr. and Shirley Ann […]

Jane Carswell Corrigan October 11, 1931 – June 20, 2021 Jane Carswell Corrigan (Mrs. Robert Foster Corrigan), 89, of Coral Gables, Fla., died June 20, 2021 at Baptist Hospital of Miami after a short illness. She was born in Syracuse, N.Y., on October 11, 1931 to Clara Hunt Carswell of Schuylerville, N.Y., and Earl Thomas […]

by Jamie Harris Paw Paw sophomore thrower Dalton Kasekamp made school history last Thursday, June 10 in the Class A State Track & Field Championships. Kasekamp finished in eighth place in the discus with a throw of 116’4”. However, the talented thrower etched his name into the Paw Paw record books in the shot put […]

by Jim Buzzerd And now there will be 12? I’ve been a longtime advocate of an eight-team college football playoff. I’ve been on that stump for somewhere around 30 years. Way before the BCS tried to correct things. Before the BCS the Coaches Poll and sportswriters’ poll would vote on the national champion after the […]

by Trish Rudder The current phase of Berkeley Springs’ Streetscapes town beautification project — Phase 4A – is close to completion. The project included West Congress Street from Wilkes to Washington Street and Washington Street from Congress to Independence streets. Four planters on Washington Street (U.S. 522) between Congress and Independence streets were sloped and […]

Berkeley Springs High School 4×400 State Champions Tristan Romo, Gabriel McDonald, Timothy Develing and Ben Golden. Full story on page 9 of this issue.

A multi-agency police investigation and coordinated operation in Maryland on June 3 has netted more than a dozen individuals suspected to be part of a criminal sex trafficking operation within Washington County, Md. On Thursday, June 3, members of the Hagerstown Police Department, Washington County Sheriff’s Department, Maryland State Police computer crimes section and child […]