by Geoff Fox Town officials unanimously passed a resolution to allow the town to offer new businesses a tax incentive to attract them to the downtown area and build the business district. The action came during last Wednesday’s town meeting. The vote was 3-0, with Councilman Leo Murray absent. The resolution takes effect January 1, […]

File photo of a Hancock Barge Bash. by Geoff Fox For 11 years, decorated barges were pulled down the C&O Canal from Church Street to Pennsylvania Avenue as part of the annual Barge Bash presented by the Hancock Arts Council. However, after declining interest, officials docked the event in 2014. Now, after five years of […]

by Trish Rudder This Friday, November 22 is the deadline to participate in the 4th annual Winter Fest Parade in the Town of Bath. The parade through the town is on Saturday, December 7 beginning at 5 p.m. Winter Fest coordinator Danielle Swope said the application to participate can be downloaded from the “Winter Fest […]

Herman Ray Hartman 1940-2019 Herman Ray Hartman, 79, died Thursday, November 14, 2019 at his home in Berkeley Springs. He was born on July 29, 1940 in White Post, Va. the son of Harry Hartman and Florence Hartman. He joined the United States Marine Corps and was stationed in the Ryukyu Islands of the Pacific […]

Luetta E. Morrison 1928-2019 Luetta Elizabeth Morrison, 91, of Berkeley Springs, died on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs. Born October 31, 1928 in Knoxville, Md., she was the daughter of the late Jesse Delmar and Pleasant Edna Swope Roach. She was a member of Berkeley Springs Church of Christ. […]

Evelyn L. Potter 1935-2019 Evelyn Laverne (Manning) Potter, 84, of Williamsport, Md., and formerly of Hagerstown, Md., died Monday, November 11, 2019 at Doey’s House in Hagerstown. Born April 14, 1935 in Warfordsburg, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Russell Stanley and Vida (Golden) Manning. She graduated from Southern Fulton High School in […]

Vicki D. Campbell 1952-2019 Vicki Dawn Campbell, 67, of Paw Paw, died Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at War Memorial Hospital, Berkeley Springs. Born April 3, 1952 in Paw Paw, she was the daughter of the late Austin Garnett and Carol Moreland Brown. She attended Paw Paw Church of Christ. She was a 1970 graduate of Paw Paw High […]

Mira Birschbach, Ph.D., M.D. On Saturday, November 16, 2019 Mira Birschbach, Ph.D., M.D. of Derwood, Md. beloved wife of H. Robert Birschbach, M.D.; loving mother of Alexandra Jacqueline “Sasha” Birschbach (Steven Olson), Mary Hokanson (Chris), Fred Birschbach, Ann Brehm (Stephen) and Jane Birschbach, M.D. (Arthur Cantor, M.D.); sister of the late Snezana Mitrinovic; grandmother of Christopher, […]

A Great Cacapon firefighter pulls a water line to the rear of the building.   by Kate Shunney A two-story apartment building along U.S. 522 in downtown Berkeley Springs was gutted by an early afternoon fire on Friday, November 15. Fire operations shut down the main road through the downtown area for several hours as […]

by Jamie Harris The Paw Paw Pirates hosted the Tucker County Mountain Lions in the first round of the Class A sectional volleyball playoffs on Monday, November 4. Paw Paw made short work of the visitors with a three game sweep by scores of 25-13, 25-16 and 25-18. The Lady Pirates were led by Addison […]