by Geoff Fox Stream bank restoration work along Little Tonoloway Creek in Kirkwood Park is ongoing, with grading nearly complete and care continuing for about a year, according to state highway officials. Shantee Felix, Assistant Media Relations Manager, MDOT SHA Felix said the streambank work, which started in 2018, is to stabilize the banks and […]

The 6th Berkeley Springs Book Festival will be held this Saturday, October 26 at the Ice House in Berkeley Springs. Twenty-two regional authors with more than 75 titles for sale are showcased at the free one-day event open to the public from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Books range from history, romances and fiction to […]

The 72nd annual Hancock Halloween Parade will be held on Wednesday, October 30, with a rain date the following day in case of inclement weather. The parade will begin at 7:30 p.m. and follows a westward route along Main Street. Interested parties still have until Friday, October 25 to register to participate in the parade. […]

A 78-room wing being added to Cacapon State Park’s lodge was taking shape last week, as contractors worked to close in exterior walls. Work is part of a $25 million lodge and park upgrade project that started over the summer.

Morgan County Partnership is partnering with the Town of Bath Police and Morgan county Health Department to hold a drug takeback day this Saturday, October 26 at the Morgan County Health Department. The Health Department is located in the bottom floor of The Pines Opportunity Center, the former War Memorial Hospital, at 137 War Memorial […]

Thelma J. Broadwater 1927-2019 Thelma June Broadwater, 92, of Cumberland, died Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at her residence. Born June 10, 1927 in Hancock, she was the daughter of the late Hubert and Grace Manning. She was a waitress at the Park-n-Dine in Hancock for several years. She was a member of the Barton Post […]

Joy L. Landers 1963-2019 Joy L. Landers lived life from September 19, 1963 to October 15, 2019. The footsteps of her journey took her from Southern Fulton High School, Class of 1981, to a shampoo commercial, a few Tom Hanks movies, up close and personal with a rocker or two, and many other exciting detours […]

Cruz Lynn Richards 2019 Infant Cruz Lynn Richards passed away on October 15, 2019 at the Fulton County Medical Center, in McConnellsburg, Pa. Born October 15, 2019, at the Fulton County Medical Center, he was the son of Kaelani Castle, of Warfordsburg, Pa. and Michael Richards, of McConnellsburg, Pa. In addition to his parents, Cruz […]

Maxwell A. McCallister 1940-2019 Maxwell Arlo McCallister, 79, of Berkeley Springs, died Friday, October 18, 2019 at his home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born July 25, 1940 in Charleston, he was the son of the late Charles Raymond and Missouri Elkins McCallister. He was a Christian. He graduated from Boone […]

Patricia D. Mann 1949-2019 Patricia Diana “Trish” Mann, age 70, of Hancock, Md., passed away at Doey’s House in Hagerstown, Md. on Sunday, October 20, 2019. Born January 9, 1949, in Little Rock, Ark., she was the daughter of the late Joseph B. and Nora Allene (Lane) Westnedge; and the wife, for 39 years, of […]