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Partnership gets $200,000 grant to plan local opioid response

by Kate Evans The Morgan County Partnership was awarded a one-year $200,000 Rural Communities Opioid Response Program planning grant to help end the opioid crisis. The grant is from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). West Virginia received a total of $600,000 in HRSA grants –$200,000 for […]

Columbia Gas sues Maryland for pipeline access under Western Maryland Rail Trail

by Kate Shunney Columbia Gas has sued the Maryland Department of Natural Resources in an effort to get an easement under the Western Maryland Rail Trail west of Hancock in order to build a natural gas pipeline. Maryland’s Board of Public Works denied the easement to the gas company in January, citing ongoing concerns about […]

Ridersville Cycle hit by motorcycle theft ring

by Kate Shunney An early morning break-in at Ridersville Cycle in Berkeley Springs is being tied to a known theft ring that has targeted cycle shops in the region. West Virginia State Police Sgt. H.D. Heil said Friday there have been similar crimes in Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey in recent weeks. According to police, […]

McCauley arrested for teen’s murder, police look to autopsy for critical answers

by Kate Shunney Last Thursday’s arrest of a Berkeley Springs man for the murder of teen Riley Crossman shifted police focus from a missing person’s search to a full criminal investigation. West Virginia Department of Natural Resources officers on May 16 recovered decomposed remains in neighboring Berkeley County along a steep embankment along Tuscarora Pike. […]

60th annual Paw Paw Memorial Day parade has rich history

by Kate Evans This Saturday’s William H. Norton Memorial Day Parade in Paw Paw will be the 60th time that bands, floats and dignitaries have put on a show to mark the holiday weekend in western Morgan County. Paw Paw residents shared their memories of the annual parade, and how it has changed over six […]

Mark Flowers

Mark Flowers 1960-2019 Mark Flowers, 58, of Fort White, Fla., formerly of Hancock, died Saturday, May 11, 2019. Born September 11, 1960 in Morgan County, he was the son of Robert Flowers, Hancock and the late Susan Flowers. He is survived by one sister, Kim Clark, Clear Spring; two daughters, Sara Nicholson, Lubbock, Texas and Cheyenne Flowers, Odessa, Texas and 10 […]

Frederick C. Vantz

Frederick C. Vantz 1927-2019 Frederick Charles Vantz, age 91, of Hancock, Md., passed away on Thursday, May 16, 2019 at the Daikon Senior Living – Ravenwood Campus, in Hagerstown, Md. Born in Hancock on August 14, 1927, he was the son of the late Thomas A. and Hazel A. (Myers) Vantz; and the husband of […]

Robert C. Harvey

Robert C. Harvey 1987-2019 Robert Charles Harvey, age 31, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died Saturday, May 18, 2019 at his home. Born August 20, 1987 in Martinsburg, W.Va., he was the son of Roger Leon Harvey of Hancock, Md. and Rebecca Lou Dailey Harvey of Berkeley Springs, W.Va. He attended Word of Deliverance Church in […]

Shirley R. Hanlin

Shirley R. Hanlin 1922-2019 Shirley Rosalie Hanlin, 97, of Paw Paw, died Monday, May 13, 2019 at the Berkeley Springs Center, Berkeley Springs. She was born April 6, 1922 in Thomas, she was the daughter of the late Edward D. Nazelrod and Emma Margaret Cook Nazelrod. She attended Paw Paw High School and furthered her education by […]

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