Velma H. Mann 1926-2019 Velma Hope Mann, age 93, of Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away on Thursday, November 28, 2019 in the Pennknoll Village Nursing Home, in Everett, Pa. Born June 19, 1926, in Fulton County, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Chester and Isabelle (Ray) Bishop; and the widow of Charles Bruce Mann, […]

Donald Junior Harper 1935-2019 Donald Junior Harper, 83, of Hancock, Md. passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2019 at Doey’s House in Hagerstown, Md. He was born on December 31, 1935 in Hagerstown, Md. to the late Richard Raymond and Mildred Catherine Hasting Harper. Donald was a veteran of the U.S. Marines serving in Korea. […]

James C. Creek, Sr. 1935-2019 James Carl Creek, Sr., age 84, of Hancock, Md., passed away in the Hagerstown Healthcare Center, in Hagerstown, Md., on Sunday, November 24, 2019. Born November 14, 1935, in Piney Plains, Md., he was the son of the late Elmer C. and Catherine Irene (Snyder) Creek; and the husband of […]

Max H. McQuade 1936-2019 Max H. McQuade, 83, of McConnellsburg, Pa., passed away on Thursday, November 28, 2019 at the Chambersburg Hospital in Chambersburg, Pa. Max was born on November 9, 1936 in McConnellsburg, Pa., the son of the late Daniel F. and the late Mildred Hixson McQuade. Max married the late Donna Marie Shaw […]

Jo Ann Swillinger 1930-2019 Jo Ann Swillinger, age 89, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died November 28, 2019 at Winchester Medical Center in Winchester, Va. Born March 18, 1930 in Kentucky she was the daughter of the late Sidney and Anita Stewart Pring. She was a member of Greenwood Church. She graduated from Stonewall Jackson High […]

GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world on December 3, 2019 and every day.  This year Morgan County Starting Points is participating in Giving Tuesday and hopes you will support them in this effort. Created in 2012 as a simple idea, Giving […]

by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board addressed at a number of issues including their 10-year facilities needs, board member and parent involvement in schools and mentoring new teachers and principals at a workshop at the end of their November 5 meeting. 10-year plan School board president Aaron Close raised the need for more […]

by Trish Rudder An $800 fine will be charged each time an unlawful fireworks is discharged, said the Bath Town Council after passing the second reading of the town’s fireworks ordinance on November 19. The ordinance will go into effect on or after December. According to the ordinance in the Town of Bath, the discharge […]

by Jim Buzzerd Friday should end it The West Virginia University Football Team fell to 4-7 Saturday losing to Oklahoma State 20-13 in a game they led until the final minute of the third period. That has been a common theme for WVU this season as the Mountaineers have taken teams well into the second […]

James F. Fink, Sr. 1944-2019 James “Jim” Franklin Fink, Sr., age 75, of Hancock, Md., passed away in his home on Friday, November 22, 2019. Born October 21, 1944, in Hancock, he was the son of the late Ernest L. and Mildred I. (Divelbliss) Fink. He attended Hancock public schools. Jim worked in heavy construction […]