Catherine H. Hartwick 1962-2020 Catherine Helen Hartwick, 57, of Berkeley Springs, died Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. Born August 9, 1962 in Martinsburg, she was the daughter of Luther Gene and Genevieve Marie Burge George, Martinsburg. She was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, where she served as a […]

Jonathan W. Valido 1982-2020 Jonathan William Valido, 37, of Paw Paw, died Friday, January 17, 2020 at Western Maryland Regional Medical Center, Cumberland, Md. He was born February 1, 1982 in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of Hung Whong Lee and Bessie and Jose Delcid, Paw Paw. He worked as an environmental service laborer, […]

John R. Mast II 1957-2019 John Raymond Mast II, 62, of Berkeley Springs, died Monday, December 2, 2019 at his residence. Born January 6, 1957 in Blaine, Minn., he was the son of the late John Raymond, Sr. and Ida Helena Buland Mast. He was a Christian. He was a graduate of Hedgesville High School. He was […]

Donald G. Kidwell 1936-2020 Donald Gene Kidwell, 83, passed away on January 15, 2020 at Cortland Acres in Thomas, West Virginia. Don made his home in Berkeley Springs for more than 50 years but spent his last three years with his daughter in Canaan Valley. He was born August 2, 1936 in Paw Paw, West […]

Customers of Frontier Communications were hit with telephone service outages yesterday, Wednesday, January 15 and continue to have trouble today in certain parts of Morgan County. On Wednesday, Morgan County 911 lost use of several Frontier phone lines due to the service cut. 911 continued to work despite the phone trouble. Sarah Hogbin, spokesperson for […]

by Jeanne Mozier From a life-sized cardboard cut-out of namesake Revolutionary War General Daniel Morgan to a series of oral history recordings, themed events and a designated Morgan County Day on July 6, local residents and visitors are spending the year celebrating the county’s Bicentennial. It all starts with a birthday party at the Courthouse […]

by Jamie Harris The Berkeley Springs High School Indians Boys’ Varsity Basketball Team picked up a huge sectional win over PVC rival Petersburg on Thursday, January 9. Behind double digit scoring from four starters, the Indians rolled to a 79-65 win to improve to 5-5 on the season. In the first quarter, Berkeley Springs jumped […]

by Jim Buzzerd Odds and ends In a few hours Clemson and LSU will be playing for the NCAA College Football Championship. The defending champion Tigers of Clemson are currently a six-point underdog to the Tigers of LSU. Personally, I don’t have a Tiger in this hunt, but most of the time I trend to […]

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announces the opening of the winter turkey season, which runs statewide from Thursday, January 23 to Saturday, January 25 for hunters who did not harvest a turkey during the 2019 fall season. Hunting hours are from one half-hour before sunrise to one half-hour after sunset. The bag limit is […]

by Kate Shunney As of press time on Tuesday, January 14, close to a dozen individuals had filed to run for office in 2020 through the Morgan County Clerk’s office. Candidate filing runs through January 25. Magistrate race Johnnie Walter, the current Chief Deputy of the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department, has filed to run for […]