by Geoff Fox Hancock Parks and Recreation Board is looking to partner with another group for a fall festival later this year and have replacement banners for the popular veteran banners between November and May. Councilman Tim Boyer said the Parks and Recreation Board was looking to put on a fall festival and pumpkin race […]

Spencer D. Nave, Jr. 1944-2019 Spencer David Nave, Jr., age 75, of Elizabethton, Tenn., passed away peacefully under the care of Hospice at Sycamore Shoals Hospital on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, with his devoted wife, Kay, by his side. Born on February 20, 1944, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Spencer D. Nave, Jr. was the third child […]

Yetta J. Souders 1923-2019 Yetta Jane Souders, age 95, of Palm Coast, Fla., died on March 10, 2019. Born on December 5, 1923, in Hancock, Md., Yetta was the wife of Ira H. Souders; the daughter of Benjamin and Rosalie Younker; and the sister to Dolores Creek, Arnold Younker, and Lowell Younker, all of whom […]

Arnold R. Wandless 1965-2019 Arnold R. “Tuck” Wandless, age 53, of McConnellsburg, Pa., passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2019 at the Select Specialty Hospital, in Harrisburg, Pa. Born June 12, 1965, in Cumberland, Md., he was the son of Anna Wandless of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., and the late Sam Wandless, of Flintstone, Md. He […]

Franklin G. Stotler 1946-2019 Franklin Gene Stotler, age 72, of Hancock, Md., passed peacefully from this life on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at the War Memorial Hospital, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. Born October 30, 1946, in Hancock, he was the son of the late Junior F. and Ruth E. (Divelbliss) Stotler, and the husband of […]

Robert D. O’Toole 1948-2019 Robert David O’Toole, age 70, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at WVU Medicine, Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va. Born April 14, 1948 in Stone Park Maternity Hospital, Beckenham, Kent, England, he was the son of the late Terrence Kinsella and Marie Gaetane O’Toole. Robert attended […]

Morgan E. Earley 1991-2019 Morgan Edward Earley, 27, of Huntington, died Sunday, March 17, 2019. Born August 3, 1991 in Hagerstown, Md., he was the son of Robert Allen Earley, Sr., Hagerstown and Melissa Tressler, Berkeley Springs. He was a Christian. He was a graduate of Hedgesville High School. He worked as a laborer in construction and had […]

by Jamie Harris The Berkeley Springs High School Lady Indians Varsity Softball Team kicked off the 2019 season with four straight games on the road. Unfortunately for the Lady Indians they were not able to pick up wins against Jefferson, James Wood (Va.) and Washington High School. On Thursday, March 14 the Lady Indians traveled […]

by Jim Buzzerd Not done yet Last week you read it here that barring a national championship run, the West Virginia University Basketball Team would lose 20 games for the first time since 2002. Things have changed since then. Prior to the beginning of last week’s Big 12 Basketball Tournament it was learned that head […]

by Trish Rudder Unsafe buildings in the Town of Bath are in the process of being addressed with an amended ordinance that provides a process to identify, inspect, correct and remove unsafe structures. The ordinance also ensures adequate notice to the owners of the structures while protecting the public from any danger due to unsafe […]