The Old Roman bath building in Berkeley Springs State Park is closed for planned renovations and upgrades. Park officials hope the baths will be reopened by the start of summer. Roman baths are still open at the main park bathhouse. Orange fencing marks off a construction area in Berkeley Springs State Park around the Old […]

by Kate Shunney The Morgan County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Board unanimously approved a five-year extension to a contract under which Morgan County Rescue Service, Inc. provides ambulance service throughout the county. A vote on the contract extension came at the board’s January 14 meeting. Under the contract, Morgan County Rescue Service will be paid […]

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking public comment on the state’s management of white-tailed deer. State officials said the input will be used to help revise the state’s deer management plan for the next 15 years, establishing long-term goals, and identifying specific objectives and strategies for achieving them. The public can provide […]

by Geoff Fox Ralph Salvagno was easily re-elected to a second term as mayor of Hancock on Monday, January 28. Salvagno received 224 votes while challenger Nigel Dardar took 62 votes. Councilman Tim Smith was re-elected to another four-year term on council as the top vote-getter in the council race. He pulled in 169 votes. […]

Lot L. Blankley 1943-2019 Lot Lee Blankley, 75, of Warfordsburg, Pa., died Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at his home. Born July 12, 1943, he was the son of George Wilson and Hilda Helen Bishop Blankley. He was a 1963 graduate of Southern Fulton High School. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1963-1967. He had been […]

Frank B. Bishop, Sr. 1938-2019 Frank Bernard Bishop, Sr., age 80, of Hancock, Md., passed away on January 25, 2019 at Doey’s House, in Hagerstown, Md. surrounded by his loving wife and family. Born February 15, 1938, in Hancock, he was the son of the late Jesse E. and Ruth B. (Bishop) Bishop; and husband, for […]

Noah E. Brady 1997-2019 Noah Edward Brady, 21, of Berkeley Springs, died Sunday, January 20, 2019 at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs. Born August 7, 1997 in Martinsburg, he was the son of Francis Edward “Frank” and Sue Anne Milburn Brady of Berkeley Springs. He was of the Baptist faith. He was a 2016 graduate […]

Hilda M. Fox 1924-2019 Hilda Marie Fox, 94, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away Friday, January 25, 2019 at her home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born February 23, 1924 in Cumberland, Md., she was the daughter of the late John P. Shriver and Jessie M. Michael Shriver. She was a 1942 graduate […]

Maria E. Jones 1941-2019 Maria Elizabeth Jones, 78, of Berkeley Springs died Friday, January 25, 2019 at her home. Born January 4, 1941 in Crimnitschau, East Germany, she was the daughter of the late Fleix H. Hoehle and Edith Meier Hoehle. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her husband Pete Willie Franklin Jones; […]

Ruth K. Clark 1927-2019 Ruth Kathleen Clark, 91, of Berkeley Springs, died Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at her home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born October 19, 1927 at home in Berkeley Springs, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Foster and Bertha Mae Hovermale Johnson. She was a member […]