Hancock election to move to April following comment period by GEOFF FOX Hancock’s municipal election will officially move from January to April starting in 2021 after a 3-2 final vote on the change during the October town meeting on Monday. The meeting had been postponed from last Wednesday. Council members were split on finalizing the change, […]

by GEOFF FOX Three racers get ready to send their decorated pumpkins down the ramp during the Pumpkin Derby in the Hancock Veterans Library parking lot this past Sunday, October 18. Picture courtesy Hancock Parks and Recreation. COVID wasn’t going to stop the Hancock Parks and Recreation from having their second annual Pumpkin Derby this year […]

Peggy J. Kyne 1934-2020 Peggy Joan Kyne, age 86, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at Winchester Medical Center. Born April 15, 1934 in Berkeley Springs, she was the daughter of the late Willard Dewey and Nellie Russell Sherrard Sheppard. She was a member of Wesleyan Chapel in Berkeley Springs. Peggy […]

Jill M. Reynolds 1965-2020 Jill Marie Reynolds, age 55, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away on Saturday, October 17, 2020 at Blue Ridge Hospice of Winchester, in Winchester, Va. Born August 4, 1965, in Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Eva (Kanneberg) Warfle. She is survived by two sons, Tyler E. […]

Donald E. Weller 1940-2020 Donald Edwin Weller, age 80, of Hancock, Md., died on Friday, October 16, 2020 at Doey’s House Hospice in Hagerstown. Born July 30, 1940 in Hancock, Md., he was the son of the late Edgar E. and Bertha N. Weaver Weller. He was a member of the Needmore Seventh-day Adventist Church. […]

Pamela Lee Humphries 1969-2020 Pamela Lee Humphries, 51, of Berkeley Springs passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2020. Born February 5, 1969 in Staunton, Va., she is the daughter of William and Barbara Harris Marshall. She was a member of Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church of Berkeley Springs. In addition to her parents, she is […]

Mary J. Mills 1939-2020 Mary Joan Mills, 81, of Hancock, died on October 5, 2020 at her home. Born March 21, 1939, in Berkeley Springs, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Nonsetta Hobday Stotler and the widow of Frank A. Mills, who died September 25, 2002. She worked for orchards in Hancock […]

Margaret E. Barrow 1986-2020 Margaret Elizabeth “Maggie” Barrow, 34, of Cumberland, Md., died on Sunday, October 4, 2020 at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Western Maryland in Cumberland. Born February 14, 1986 in Cumberland, she was the daughter of the late Wallace L. Combs, Sr. and the late Rebecca R. Barrow. She was a Christian. […]

William R. Powell, Sr. 1945-2020 William Roger Powell, Sr., 75, of Stephens City, Va., died Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at Heritage Hall in Front Royal, Va. He was born June 10, 1945 at Woodrow, he was the son of the late George Denton Powell and Juanita Corbett Powell Peters. He was a graduate of Paw Paw […]

by KATE EVANS Due to a sharp rise in the number of COVID-19 cases locally, Morgan County was classified as an orange county on the West Virginia Department of Education Saturday, October 17 School Alert System map.  The orange classification means that Morgan County Schools must move to fully remote learning for this week October 19-23. […]