by Trish Rudder & Kate Shunney Sidewalk, lighting and drainage improvements in downtown Berkeley Springs will keep rolling into a new phase, as state officials last week awarded more grants for the Streetscapes project. Governor Jim Justice on October 30 awarded over $2.3 million in Transportation Alternatives and Recreational Trails Program (TARTP) grants for seven […]

Morgan County Clerk Kim Nickles delivered election results for the county’s 13 precincts by 9:20 p.m. this Election Night — far earlier than in any general election in recent memory. Results include received absentee ballots and early voting tallies, along with ballots cast in polling places around the county on a clear sunny Tuesday, November 3.  […]

Alvia E. Kidwell 1932-2020 Alvia Eugene “Gene” Kidwell, age 88, of Great Cacapon, W.Va., died on Sunday, November 1, 2020 at his residence surrounded by his loving family and while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born May 21, 1932 in Morgan County, W.Va, he was the son of the late Dayton Victor […]

Darlene M. Stanton 1960-2020 Darlene Marie Stanton, 59, of Berkeley Springs, died Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born December 29, 1960 in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of Barbara Maxwell Barrett of Shanghai and the late Francis Guilett Jackson. She was a Christian. She was […]

Robert A. Tomlinson 1935-2020 Robert “Bob” A. Tomlinson, 85 of Eldersburg formerly of Berkeley Springs died Friday, October 30, 2020. He was born March 10, 1935 in Turtle Creek, Pa., the son of the late Stephen T. Tomlinson and Margaret Ament Tomlinson. He was an electronics technician for Litton Industries, and a veteran of the […]

Cindy P. Fleegle 1974-2020 Cindy P. Fleegle, 46, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away Monday, October 26, 2020, at Winchester Medical Center. Cindy was born in 1974 in Winchester, Va., daughter of Douglas and Ellen Leighton. She graduated from John Handley High School. Cindy loved her birds; Jessie, Terry, Wilma and Thumper. She was a […]

Richard M. Cole II 1992-2020 Richard Matthew “Ricky” Cole II, age 28, of Hancock, Md., died on Monday, October 26, 2020 at his residence. Born June 10, 1992 in Martinsburg, W.Va., he was the son of Mark Anthony and Tina Louise Kyne Johnson of Cookeville, Tenn. He was a Christian. Ricky worked as a laborer […]

John F. Sutton 1936-2020 John Franklin Sutton was born on May 30, 1936 and died Sunday, September 27, 2020. He graduated from Poughkeepsie High School and got his B.S. from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. in Atomic Physics. He was employed by the Navy doing tests on missiles and after a year went to work […]

Lester G. Mellott 1930-2020 Lester George Mellott, age 90, passed away on Saturday, October 31, 2020, at Julia Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, in Hagerstown Md. Born on July 9, 1930, in Hancock, Md., he was the son of the late George Greenberry and Gladys Leanora (Mann) Mellott; and the widower of Virginia Irene (McInturff) […]

Teressa Anne “Terri” Middlekauff 1957-2020 Teressa Anne “Terri” Middlekauff, age 63, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at her home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born October 13, 1957 in Morgan County, W.Va., she was the daughter of Charlotte Robinette Buterbaugh Clippinger of Warfordsburg, Pa., and the […]