by Kate Shunney The Morgan County Commission will seek to raise the 911 fee on local telephone landlines from $2.50 per month to $5.00 per month on August 1. Commissioners voted on Wednesday, June 19 to move ahead with the legal process to raise the fee. That process involves advertising the intention to raise the […]

by Kate Shunney In a June 17 filing to the U.S. District Court, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh claims that the federal court has no power to hear an eminent domain gas between Columbia Gas and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Columbia Gas has proposed a 3.4-mile transmission line from Fulton County, Pa. […]

Ronald L. Miller 1946-2019 Ronald Lee Miller, 72, of Paw Paw, W.Va. passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at his home. Born December 12, 1946 in Cumberland, Maryland, he was the son of the late Lory Wayne Miller and Gladys Virginia Halterman Miller. Preceding him in death were his sister, Ruby Fishel, in 2014 and […]

Wanda A. Woods 1953-2019 Wanda Ann Woods, 66, of Berkeley Springs, died Thursday, June 20, 2019 at the Hospice of the Panhandle Inpatient Facility in Kearneysville. Born May 26, 1953 in Virginia Beach, Va., she was the daughter of the late William and Joan Lindstrom Dennie. She was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, […]

J. Ersel Pugh 1932-2019 James Ersel Pugh, 87, of Berkeley Springs, died on Friday, June 21, 2019 at the Berkeley Springs Center. Born on June 18, 1932 in Hampshire County, he was the son of the late Charles L. and Gold D. Hovermale Pugh. He was a veteran in the U.S. Army and a member […]

Craig A. Burnett Craig Alan Burnett, 66, of Hagerstown, Md., died May 31, 2019 at his home. A celebration of life gathering will be held Saturday, June 29, from 2-4 p.m., at Hancock United Methodist Church. Arrangements were made by J.L. Davis Funeral Home, Smithsburg, Md.

David N. Darling 1942-2019 David Nathan Darling, 76, of Berkeley Springs, died Thursday, June 13, 2019 at Berkeley Springs Center and Rehabilitation. He was born in 1942 in Haverill, Mass. Dave grew up in Danbury, Conn., graduated from Danbury High School and attended Longwood College, Pa. He was the son of the late Katherine and Warren […]

Helen M. O’Brien 1944-2019 Helen Marie O’Brien, 74, passed away on Friday, June 14, 2019. She was born on December 23, 1944 in Baltimore, Md., the daughter of the late William Joseph O’Brien and Mary Estella Woolfenden O’Brien. She is survived by her friend Rick Sanphilipo; one daughter, Shawn Kaminkow; two grandsons, Daniel Kaminkow III […]

Gerald E. Sloan 1946-2019 Gerald Edward Sloan, 72, of Berkeley Springs, died on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at his home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. He was born September 25, 1946 in St. Louis, Mo., the son of the late Ralph Edward and Virginia May Avery Sloan. He was a Christian. […]

Bernice (Lipsic) Kantrowitz 1923-2019 Bernice (Lipsic) Kantrowitz died peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her family on June 6, 2019, in Scottsdale, Arizona. She was 95 years old. Bernice was born June 17, 1923, in Berkeley Springs to Max and Elizabeth (Miller) Lipsic, owners of a clothing store in town. After graduating from high school […]