by Kate Evans More than 600 Berkeley Springs High School students in Morgan County are tackling their homework and school assignments on school-provided computers this year. High School Principal Mitch Nida the school has 642 students this year. The school now has Chromebooks for every student. It’s a big initiative that can bring a whole […]

by Kate Shunney Morgan County’s Economic Development Authority (EDA) has put its support behind a resolution proposing that the Maryland Transportation Authority (MTA) extend commuter train service out to Hancock, W.Va. The Maryland agency operates the Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC) train – the D.C. area commuter rail service. MARC’s Brunswick line serves the Eastern […]

The annual Paw Paw Christmas parade will take place this Sunday, December 8 beginning at 4:30 p.m. Parade floats begin at Kimble Funeral Home and follow Winchester Street to the Bank of Romney. Parade entries will line up at 4 p.m. at the funeral home. A costume contest by the Paw Paw Parade Committee will […]

by Trish Rudder The 4th Annual Winter Fest Parade in the Town of Bath will begin at 5 p.m. on Saturday, December 7. It begins at the Moose Lodge on North Washington Street and travels beyond the park on South Washington Street. Washington Street is the main thoroughfare in town. The parade has 34 participants […]

by Geoff Fox The town’s lone working water well went down Sunday, November 24, after the pump inside shorted out, leaving the town with enough water for three days. Town crews replaced the pump and some pipe within two days. According to Town Manager Joe Gilbert, he found out the following day when Water/Wastewater Superintendent […]

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 […]