by KATE SHUNNEY Paw Paw’s elected Town Recorder, Tina Meyers, has accepted the town’s mayor seat following the resignation of elected mayor Tim Mose last month. By town ordinance, Meyers became Acting Mayor following Mose’s resignation. During a special council meeting on Tuesday, November 27, Meyers officially accepted the mayoral post. Meyers was elected for […]
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High school gym work nears completion; re-opening event set for Dec. 20
by Kate Evans Berkeley Springs High School Building C gymnasium building renovations are in their final stages. A gymnasium grand re-opening ceremony is scheduled for Thursday, December 20 at 4 p.m. It will be followed by an open house with public tours conducted by high school National Honor Society members. Morgan County School Superintendent Erich […]
School collection for cancer research in 13th year
by Geoff Fox Thirteen years ago, David “Doc” Holliday started a Pennies for Patients Campaign to help raise money to for leukemia, lymphoma, and cancer research. In those 13 years, Hancock Elementary and Hancock Middle-Senior High School have combined to raise $25,022.88. Last year, they combined to raise $1,502.98, which was one of the first […]
Concerns about polio-like illness grow; Maryland confirms cases this year
by Kate Evans Public health concerns about a polio-like illness called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) have been growing this year. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, some 134 cases have been confirmed in 33 states this year as of November 30, mostly in young children. In our region, as of November 30, […]
Winterfest parade brings out a crowd
Hunter Clark receives an appreciation letter from U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito’s office by State Veterans Affairs Liaison Kathleen Stotler for Sen. Capito. by Trish Rudder The third annual Town of Bath Winterfest Parade held on Sunday, December 2 — a day later than planned because of rain –had an estimated crowd size of 2,500 […]
Horton trial for Gilhart murder set for spring
by Geoff Fox One of the suspects in the murder of 60-year old Hancock resident Edward Gilhart will be heading to trial in March. According to Franklin County District Attorney Matthew Fogal, the trial for Ryan Horton, 29, has officially been listed to begin March 11, 2019. “A jury will be selected that morning, and […]
Paw Paw hosts annual Christmas parade
Riders and horses alike were dressed for the Christmas season during Paw Paw’s parade on Sunday. Paw Paw High School’s marching band drummed out a holiday beat on Sunday, December 2. Santa and Mrs. Claus were pulled through Paw Paw’s Christmas parade by his faithful reindeer. The Grinch, from Dr. Seuss’ famous book, couldn’t steal […]
State sets new speed limits on several county roads
State speed limits on the following Morgan County roads have been changed by the West Virginia Department of Transportation: Fulton Road In northeastern Morgan County, the speed limit on roughly two miles of Fulton Road is now 30 miles per hour. The area affected is from west of Mason Road and running east to Householder […]
Bob E. Morris, Jr.
Bob E. Morris, Jr. 1958-2018 Bob Ellis Morris, Jr., age 60, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at his home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born January 2, 1958 in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of Bobby Ellis Morris, Sr. and Margaret Carolyn Beyer Proescher. He was […]
Barbara J. Cirigliano
Barbara J. Cirigliano 1938-2018 Barbara Jean Cirigliano, age 80, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on November 19, 2018 at her home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born May 23, 1938 in Corona, N.Y., she was the daughter of Joseph Lawrence and Elizabeth Greenwood Cirigliano. She was of the Protestant faith. Barbara […]