by Kate Evans Average temperatures for the month of July have varied slightly over the last 10 years in our area, ranging from 74 degrees to 79 degrees. There has been a slight warming trend over the last 10 to 20 years, said National Weather Service meteorologist Jeremy Geiger from the Baltimore-Washington D.C. Weather Forecast […]

by Geoff Fox A Boonsboro man who taught at Hancock Middle-Senior High School has been charged by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office with engaging in a sexual relationship with a student. According to a release on the Sheriff’s Office social media page, the initial complaint was made to the Hancock Police Department. Police conducted a […]

by KATE SHUNNEY Tatum True delivers a school backpack to a student’s vehicle at the August 8 Hancock Helping Hands event. Kim Dodson, center, collects items for a family as her son Keith steps in to help. Vehicles lined up along the park road on Saturday morning for the Hancock Helping Hands supply distribution. Logan True […]

Mae E. Shoemaker 1928-2020 Mae Elizabeth (Myers) Shoemaker, 91, formerly of Hancock, Md., went home to be with her Lord and family on Monday, August 3, 2020. She was born in Little Cove, Pa. on August 29, 1928 to the late Roy P. and Nelia Catherine (Thomas) Myers. She was the widow of Floyd T. […]

William A. Oliver, Jr. 1954-2020 William Arthur “Bird Dog” Oliver, Jr., age 65, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Sunday, July 26, 2020 at his residence. Born December 2, 1954 in Martinsburg, W.Va., he was the son of the late William Arthur Oliver, Sr. and the late Gladys June Close Whittington. He was a Christian. […]

Welden T. Ryan 1988-2020 Welden Thomas “Will” Ryan, 31, of Great Cacapon, died Saturday, August 1, 2020 at WellSpan York Hospital, York, Pa. Born September 15, 1988 in Martinsburg, he was the son of Timothy Robert Ryan of Great Cacapon and Patricia Sue Harris Swisher of Pittsville, Md. He was a Christian. He was a […]

Hancock Little League and Clear Spring Little League faced off in the “West County Classic Championship” on Friday, July 31 at Kirkwood Park, following a two-round single elimination playoff. Hancock was the Host League, and pitted their Major League “Town Hill Auto Sale’s Nationals” against Clear Spring’s “Western Cary Building Products Orioles.” Both teams have […]

Barbara K. Howe 1917-2020 Barbara Kohman Howe, 103, of Berkeley Springs and formerly of Warfordsburg, Pa., died Friday, August 7, 2020 at the Berkeley Springs Center LLC, Berkeley Springs. Born July 6, 1917 in Indianapolis, Ind., she was the daughter of the late Edward Frederick and Marguerite Olive Villepigue Kohman. She was an active member […]

Irene J. Meyers 1948-2020 Irene Jean Bullett Meyers, 72, of Paw Paw, died Monday, August 3, 2020 at UPMC Western Maryland Regional Medical Center in Cumberland, Md. Born February 23, 1948 at Paw Paw, she was the daughter of the late James Bullett and Thelma Bullett Meade and the stepdaughter of the late Fred Meade. She […]

by KATE SHUNNEY Light blue chickory flowers are one of the sure signs of late summer. The tough-stemmed flower pops up along roadways, the edges of trails and spread through uncut fields. Anyone who has pulled on the chickory plant knows it won’t give up its ground very easily. And it doesn’t mind the dry, […]