by Kate Evans Morgan County’s public libraries are both the home of a six-week summer reading program with the theme of “A Universe of Stories.” Readers from the youngest ages to the oldest can participate in tracking their reading, attending special library events and get in the running to win prizes. The program begins at […]

by Kate Shunney Four speakers led attendees through the tangle of issues related to the local opioid crisis during a public forum last Saturday, June 15 at Berkeley Springs High School. Fewer than three dozen community members attended the session, which was sponsored by the Berkeley-Morgan County Board of Health and multiple community groups. Facilitator […]

Washington County will be the site of the 2019 USA Cycling Amateur Road National Championships. The following roads and traffic patterns will be affected by the race: On Thursday, June 20, Maryland Route 67 will be closed to through traffic for cycling time trials. Local traffic can travel on the shoulders of road to the […]

by Kate Shunney Berkeley County Magistrate Richard Stephens on Wednesday found probable cause to shift a murder case against Andy J. McCauley into the Circuit Court. The case will likely be presented to the next Morgan County Grand Jury, which meets in September. Magistrate Stephens was appointed to preside over the June 12 preliminary hearing […]

Voters in the Town of Paw Paw have selected a new mayor and council to take office on July 1. Paw Paw Town Hall Darlene Abe beat out appointed mayor Tina Meyers by a landslide in a three-way mayoral race, pulling in 82 votes over Meyers’ 12. A third candidate, William Hayes, brought in 11 […]

City National Bank in Berkeley Springs following the June 4 robbery. by Trish Rudder The man who was arrested for allegedly robbing City National Bank in Berkeley Springs on Tuesday, June 4 is in Eastern Regional Jail awaiting a preliminary hearing. Steven L. Silverman             photo from ERJ Steven L. […]

by Jim Buzzerd No golf for Washington This isn’t likely news to those of you who follow professional golf, but I missed the news that the Quicken Loans National Golf Tournament has left the area. Tiger Woods and his foundation saved golf in D.C. in 2007 when he brought the AT&T National to Congressional Country […]

by Jamie Harris & Bill Sterner The sports writers from The Morgan Messenger and The Hancock News partner  with the area high school head coaches and athletic directors from Berkeley Springs High School, Hancock High School and Paw Paw High School to select an All-Area Team for varsity sports programs that the schools compete in. […]

by GEOFF FOX Last November, the City of Hagerstown started discussing ways to beautify the railroad overpasses on Franklin Street with murals created by students from Washington County Public Schools. Charles Plummer, Zack Zirkle, and Eddie Leach pose in front of their mural that will be displayed in Hagerstown as part of that city’s project […]

by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board unanimously approved Kristen Tuttle as Morgan County Schools Interim Superintendent beginning July 1 through June 30, 2020 at their June 4 meeting. School Superintendent Dr. Erich May accepted a superintendent position in Pennsylvania and is leaving June 30. He has been the county’s school chief for two […]