The Hancock Lioness Lions Club held their seventh Charter Night on June 13, at Widmeyer Park in the Lions Pavilion with a picnic. New officers for Lion’s year 2022-2023 were installed by Past District Governor Gerald Beachy. Lion Susan Miller will be the new president. Three new members were also[Read More…]
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Historian to speak on Custer’s last stand
On the 146th anniversary of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, award-winning author and military historian Steve French will present an illustrated talk that will examine the background to the battle, the fight, its aftermath and role in popular culture. French will speak on Sunday, June 26 at 2[Read More…]
Troopers fire on armed assault suspect in Warfordsburg incident
Pennsylvania State Police responding to a domestic incident in Warfordsburg on Monday reportedly shot an assault suspect who pointed a rifle at a trooper trying to resolve the incident. According to police, troopers responded to the 5200 block of Moss Road in the Brush Creek Township around 5:23 a.m. on[Read More…]
Terry Lee Twigg
Terry Lee Twigg 1960-2022 Terry Lee Twigg, born on June 8th, 1960, in Concord, New Hampshire, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Wednesday, June the 15, 2022. Terry was a 1978 graduate of Berkeley Springs High School. She later attended James Rumsey Technical Institute where she received her LPN[Read More…]
Phillip W. Turner
Phillip W. Turner 1979-2022 Phillip Wayne Turner, age 43, of Great Cacapon, W.Va., died on Saturday, June 4, 2022 at his residence. Born April 11, 1979 in Punxsutawney, Pa., he was the son of Douglas Arthur and JoAnne Lynn Meckley Turner, both of Pennsylvania. He was a high school graduate[Read More…]
Dr. Marjorie M. Battaglia
Dr. Marjorie M. Battaglia 1947-2022 Following a brief illness, Dr. Marjorie (Marge) M. Battaglia, age 75, died at home surrounded by family in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, on June 10, 2022. Dr. Battaglia was born June 1, 1947 in Buffalo, N.Y. to Raymond and Marie Kaminski both of whom predeceased her.[Read More…]
Arthur Emil Blomberg III
Arthur Emil Blomberg III Arthur Emil Blomberg III, age 61, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Friday, June 17, 2022 at his home surrounded by his family and while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born in Homestead, Fla., he was the son of Arthur Emil Blomberg, Jr.[Read More…]
Vicki Marie Shaw-Anderson
Vicki Marie Shaw-Anderson 1959-2022 Vicki Marie Shaw-Anderson, 63, Hancock, Md., passed away Sunday, June 19, 2022, peacefully at her home, with her loved ones and her best friend by her side. Born May 22, 1959, she was the daughter of Stanley and Marie Shaw, and the oldest of five sisters.[Read More…]
Edna Younker
Edna Younker 1929-2022 Edna Younker, 92, Needmore, Pa., passed away Thursday, June 16, 2022, at Falling Spring Nursing Facility in Chambersburg, Pa. Born August 2, 1929, in West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Florence (Myers) Younker. She was a member of the Stone Bridge Church[Read More…]
Susan Jean Hinckle
Susan Jean Hinckle 1946-2022 Susan Jean Hinckle, 76, passed away at Sunrise Senior Living, in Lawrenceville, Ga., on June 13, 2022, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born January 13, 1946, in Waynesboro, Pa. She was the daughter of the late Roy H. Weaver and Ruth Faye (Unger) Weaver[Read More…]
