The Berkeley Springs–Morgan County Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of the 50th Annual Apple Butter Festival Logo Contest, sponsored by SC Studios. With more than 40 designs submitted from across West Virginia and around the world, and over 1,000 public votes cast, the contest captured the spirit of[Read More…]
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A sweltering start to Summer 2025
by Lisa Schauer The summer solstice on Friday, June 20 officially marked the first day of summer, 2025. A heat advisory has been in effect for Morgan County since, with near record high temperatures by Monday. The area was under a heat advisory, with the heat index reaching near 104[Read More…]
Local woman arrested after disturbance on Winchester Grade Road
Police responded to a 911 call for a domestic disturbance in progress in the 8500 block of Winchester Grade Road on Thursday, June 19. As officers were en route to the scene, another 911 call came in from a neighboring residence reporting a woman had jumped in front of their[Read More…]
Connie Lucille Dell
Connie Lucille Dell 1931-2025 Connie Lucille Dell, age 93, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away on Thursday, June 19, 2025 at War Memorial Hospital. Born August 13, 1931 in Mt. Union, Pa., she was the daughter of the late James Edward and Belle Minerva Starr Grissinger. She was a member[Read More…]
James Romine Michael
James Romine Michael 1935-2025 James Romine Michael, age 89, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away on Thursday, June 19, 2025 at his home surrounded by his family and while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born October 10, 1935 in Martinsburg, W.Va., he was the son of the[Read More…]
Martha Work Ashelman
Martha Work Ashelman 1927-2025 Martha Work Ashelman was born in San Francisco on October 31, 1927 and died in Corralitos, Calif., on May 1, 2025. She is survived by a sister, three sons and three grandchildren. Among her many accomplishments, upon graduating from UCBerkeley in Political Science, Martha was one[Read More…]
Thomas Garner Good, Sr.
Thomas Garner Good, Sr. 1933-2025 Thomas Garner Good, Sr., age 91, of Martinsburg, W.Va. and formerly of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at Lorine Encore in Ellicott City, Md. while surrounded by his children. Born October 14, 1933 in Bowie, Md., he was the son of[Read More…]
Carolyn “Susie” Sager
Carolyn “Susie” Sager November 29, 1944 – June 16, 2025 Susie Sager, 80, of Berkeley Springs, passed away Monday morning, June 16, from cardiac arrest. Preceding her in death, she laid to rest both of her parents, mother Bertha Fleckinstein, father Howard Stotler, and her older brother Charles “Dub” Stotler.[Read More…]
Harry W. Zeilor, Jr.
Harry W. Zeilor, Jr. 1939-2025 Harry Walter Zeilor, Jr., 85, of Bangor, Maine, formerly of Berkeley Springs, died June 14, 2025. Burial will be private.
Friday crash claims life of Maryland woman
A morning motor vehicle accident in the 3000 block of Valley Road claimed the life of Little Orleans woman on Friday, June 20. At 9:19 a.m., Morgan County 911 was alerted to the incident near Eddie’s Tire Service south of Berkeley Springs. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department responded to the[Read More…]
