by Jim Buzzerd Not passing the eye test If you picked up a paper Monday morning and went to the sports page you would have noticed that the West Virginia University football team is 5-0 and ranked sixth nationally in both polls. If you’ve been watching the Mountaineers actually play the games you might not […]

by Kate Evans Morgan County Parks and Recreation Board president and Morgan County School Board president Aaron Close formally asked that the school board approve the sale of the Alex Rickli Recreation Complex to the Parks and Recreation Board for a nominal fee with the Morgan County Commission’s approval. The request came at the October […]

by Geoff Fox Melinda Golden is “truly concerned about the use of fossil fuels in our society” and has no doubt in her mind there is climate change occurring. And if each person made a little bit of difference, it would help. For Golden, it was installing solar panels on her farm in Fulton County […]

Flor Lorenzo gets ready to toss candy to the crowd at the Apple Butter Festival parade. photo by Geoff Fox Empire cheerleaders flew high during the parade. photo by Geoff Fox A portrait artist sketched festival visitors and beauty queens. One-Eleven Pottery had finished mugs, bowls and pottery items for sale, and threw new pots […]

by Kate Evans The rain kept coming for months and the tri-state area experienced periodic flash flooding in downtown Berkeley Springs and on roads and bridges throughout Morgan County and surrounding counties. So just how much precipitation did we really get during that time? NOAA Meteorologist Ray Martin from the National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington Weather […]

by Geoff Fox The Hancock United Methodist Church will be holding their third annual Free Fall Family Fun Fest in Widmeyer Park this Sunday, October 14, from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. Among the activities planned to be at the festival are hayrides, pumpkin decorating, scarecrow making, bouncy house, face painting, pumpkin ring toss, beanbag […]

by Kate Shunney Morgan County commissioners placed the county’s 911 director, Zachary Caldwell, on paid administrative leave on Wednesday, October 3 and said he would not perform any duties for the county for at least two weeks. County officials declined to answer questions about what caused the personnel action, which came after commissioners returned from […]

Hancock in Motion is going to be having a “Country Party” this weekend as they host Rockin’ the Woods on Saturday, October 13 at Kirkwood Park. Gates for the event open at 2 p.m. with music starting at 4 p.m. Organizers said people can dance in the field or under the pavilion in the dance […]

The Hancock High School Panther Marching Band traveled to Owings Mills, Maryland, last week to perform a halftime show for the Stevenson University Band Day football game on Saturday, September 22. The Panther Band took the field with seven other high school bands as well as the Stevenson University Mustang Marching Band to perform a […]

Delores A. Lucas 1937-2018 Delores Ann Lucas, age 81, of Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away at her home on Tuesday, October 2, 2018. Born April 6, 1937, in Washington County, Md., she was the daughter of the late Carl Flowers and Margaret (Roman) Flowers Mann; and the widow of Herbert G. Lucas, who passed away January […]