Mark B. Miller, Sr. 1962-2019 Mark Brian Miller, Sr., 62, of Cumberland, Md., died Sunday, September 15, 2019 at his camp on the Potomac River near Great Cacapon. Born December 21, 1962 in Cumberland, Md., he was the son of the late Robert Olin and Ruth Lee Tucker Miller. He had attended St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in […]

Fonda S. Gregory 1949-2019 Fonda S. Gregory, 70, of Berkeley Springs, died Saturday, August 17, 2019 at Winchester Medical Center, Winchester, Va. Born January 4, 1949 in Berkeley Springs, she was the daughter of the late Harry Clifford and Jessie Mae Stotler Culp. She was a member of the Berkeley Springs Church of Christ. She was a […]

by Jamie Harris Belle Harvey The Berkeley Springs High School Indians boy’s and girl’s cross country teams traveled to Clear Spring, Md. for the Interstate Classic on Saturday, September 7. Berkeley Springs was in the small school division and both teams showed why their cross country programs are always a state threat. The Lady Indians […]

by Jim Buzzerd   One way to go Mountaineer fans probably have a good idea now as to why former West Virginia University football coach Dana Holgorsen was focusing more on signing a nice deal with the University of Houston than he was preparing the Mountaineers for the Camping World Bowl last December. Saturday’s 38-7 […]

Members of the first football team stand by the plaque that was unveiled on the side of Hancock Middle-Senior High School last Friday evening. Left to right – Tom Imphong, son of Coach Paul Imphong, Bill Little, Leo Murray, H.L. Powers, Hal McCarty, and Junior Shoemaker. by Geoff Fox On Friday, September 6, 1957, Coach […]

by Trish Rudder At the September 3 meeting, the Bath Town Council approved road closures during the 46th Annual Apple Butter Festival on Saturday, October 12 and Sunday, October 13. The request was made by the local Chamber of Commerce, the organization in charge of the yearly festival. For the parade on Saturday, October 12 […]

by Kate Evans Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and health officials nationwide are urging people to stop vaping and using e-cigarettes after the number of severe lung illness cases associated with these products surged to over 450 cases as of Friday, September 6 in a multi-state outbreak. Five deaths have been confirmed in […]

Jean-Pierre and Carol Hsu, 2019 inductees into the Apple Butter Festival Hall of Fame. Local artists Jean-Pierre and Carol Hsu have been chosen by the Apple Butter Festival as the 2019 inductees into the festival’s Hall of Fame. With the 2019 tee-shirt and program cover, the Hsus have created eight festival designs. They are already […]

by Kate Shunney What’s the life of a first responder worth? That was the question posed by 911 director Ronald Mason last week to two of the county’s three elected commissioners. Behind Mason, more than a dozen local volunteer and paid first responders filled the seats in the County Commission meeting room. “We need to […]

Re-enactors portraying Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia Provincial Troops will show the life of men and women during the Forbes Campaign during the French and Indian War this weekend. The event will take place at Fort Frederick State Park from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, September 14 and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. […]