Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for approximately 70 million Americans will increase 8.7 percent in 2023, the Social Security Administration has announced. On average, Social Security benefits will increase by more than $140 per month starting in January. The 8.7 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with[Read More…]
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Maryland buys easements to preserve 25 working farms
The Maryland Board of Public Works approved 25 new Maryland Agricultural Preservation Foundation (MALPF) easements at their meeting on October 12. These easements will permanently preserve 3,385 acres of prime farmland in Baltimore, Caroline, Carroll, Dorchester, Frederick, Kent, Talbot, Washington, and Wicomico counties for an investment of more than $13.6[Read More…]
Police investigating thefts
Pennsylvania State Police from the McConnellsburg barracks are investigating two thefts from Great Cove Road and one from Buck Valley Road from incidents in August. The first two involve catalytic converters being stolen from two vehicles along Great Cove Road at I-70 west in Warfordsburg. According to police, some time[Read More…]
Panthers to play last home game Friday
The Hancock Panther football team will face off this Friday, October 21 against Clay-Batelle High School on Hancock’s home field, starting at 7 p.m. The Panthers made a showing against Hundred High on Friday, October 14, racking up its third-highest score of the season. Hancock ultimately fell to the Hundred[Read More…]
Violet Marie Geist
Violet Marie Geist 1947-2022 Violet Marie Geist, 75, of Hancock, Md., lost her battle with cancer and passed away peacefully Monday, October 10, 2022, at home, surrounded by her loving family. Violet was born February 7, 1947, in Hancock, Md. She was one of ten daughters of the late Alta[Read More…]
Bobby C. Ziler
Bobby C. Ziler 1942-2022 Bobby C. Ziler, age 80, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, October 15, 2022. Born August 9, 1942 in Martinsburg, W.Va., he was the son of the late George Wayne and Bessie Edith Stotler Ziler. He attended Long[Read More…]
Virginia Joan Albanese
Virginia Joan Albanese 1941-2022 Virginia Joan “Ginger” Albanese, age 81, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Sunday, October 16, 2022 at her home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born May 16, 1941 in Nyack, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Sylvester A. and Virginia[Read More…]
Robert Gayle Parrill
Robert Gayle Parrill 1959-2022 Robert Gayle Parrill, age 63, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Monday, October 10, 2022 at his home. Born September 26, 1959 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Lewis Delvin and Celia Ann Ambrose Parrill. He was a Christian. Robert was[Read More…]
Ruth Lucille Daniels
Ruth Lucille Daniels 1940-2022 Ruth Lucille Daniels, age 81, of Berkeley Springs, died on Sunday, October 16, 2022 at Complete Care at Dawnview in Fort Ashby, W.Va. Born November 1, 1940 in Morgan County, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Ralph William and Leatha Geneva Stotler Stotler. She[Read More…]
Elizabeth Spring
Elizabeth Spring 1928-2022 Elizabeth “Louise” Spring, age 94, of Great Cacapon, W.Va., went home to be with the Lord peacefully on Saturday, October 15, 2022 at her home, while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born January 25, 1928 in Port Homer, Ohio, she was a lifetime resident[Read More…]
