by Geoff Fox After a search by town officials that included 120 candidates, Hancock finally has their new town manager in Joe Gilbert. Gilbert officially started three weeks ago, he said. Gilbert replaces former Town Manager David Smith who resigned earlier this year during the January town meeting. Joe Gilbert. Gilbert, who was born and […]

by Geoff Fox The sidewalks in Hancock will soon be getting an upgrade from the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway administration. According to Media Relations Manager for MDOT SHA Charlie Gischlar, the project is currently being prepared for upgrades to make the sidewalks meet Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) rules in Hancock, Boonsboro and […]

by Kate Shunney Investigators are continuing to examine evidence to determine the sequence of events last Friday that led to the deaths of two people in a head-on crash U.S. 522 north of Berkeley Springs. The crash killed a local young woman and a man from Needmore. Lexus C. Miller, 18, of Berkeley Springs was […]

by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools Superintendent Dr. Erich May submitted his Erich May. resignation as superintendent on Tuesday, April 30, effective June 30. He has accepted a position as superintendent at Brookville Area School District in northwestern Pennsylvania. The Morgan County School Board was scheduled to approve May’s resignation as part of the personnel […]

by Kate Shunney The Morgan County Commission last week voted unanimously to accept an offer of $126,255 in reimbursements from the U.S. Coast Guard’s National Pollution Funds Center for money the county spent cleaning up a 2017 heating oil spill. According to county officials, a total of $128,828 was spent to contain a November 6, […]

Several memorial efforts for the family of crash victim Lexus Miller have taken shape since Lexus Miller the Berkeley Springs teen was identified as one of two fatalities in a May 3 accident along U.S. 522. Individuals have set up a memorial fund effort to help the family pay for burial expenses and other needs. […]

by Trish Rudder Many Morgan Countians have families with deep generational roots. The Garvin Johnson family is no exception. Local resident Donna Johnson Didawick said her family has lived in Morgan County for generations and believes her original descendants were Scandinavian who migrated to England. Didawick is the living heir to the Johnson Pentoney Farm […]

Bossie C. Ganoe 1922-2019 Bossie Christina Ganoe, age 96, of Berkeley Springs, WV, died on Friday, May 3, 2019 at Winchester Medical Center in Winchester, Va. Born November 2, 1922 in Morgan County she was the daughter of the late Charles and Nellie Marie Gardner Webster. She was a member of St. Vincent de Paul. She graduated […]

Lexus C. Miller 2000-2019 Lexus Chantell Miller, age 18, of Berkeley Springs, died on Friday, May 3, 2019 in Berkeley Springs from the result of an automobile accident. Born June 3, 2000 in Martinsburg, W.Va., she was the daughter of Anthony Jake and Redena Lynn Pentoney Miller of Berkeley Springs. Lexus was a Christian who […]

Donald R. Bradshaw 1935-2019 Donald R. Bradshaw, age 84, of Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away on Monday, April 29, 2019 at the Fulton County Medical Center, in McConnellsburg, Pa. Born March 15, 1935, in Warfordsburg, he was the son of the late Marshall and Edna (Johnson) Bradshaw. He is survived by his wife of sixty-three years, […]