by Geoff Fox When students at Hancock Middle-Senior High School return the beginning of the school year on Monday, August 29, there will be a new principal to greet them, but it will be a familiar face to Hancock. Jennifer Ruppenthal officially became the principal at Hancock Middle-Senior High School[Read More…]
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Op-Ed: A Tribute to Teachers
by Jennifer Webber As a child, I never appreciated the role of my teachers. I just saw teaching as a job of my parents. As a student, I considered the school day itself as a necessary evil for all students to spend the majority of their time in a classroom,[Read More…]
Hancock Police Report
Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of August 8-14: August 8 Traffic hazard on Blue Hill Road. Tractor-trailer was stuck. Fixed and moved on. Service to advise in the Hancock area. Subject advised. Assist EMS in the first block of West Main Street. August 10[Read More…]
Free Summer Music Showcase set for August 27 at Kirkwood Park
BlackCat Music Cooperative wraps up the summer with an event for the family at Kirkwood Park in Hancock on Saturday, August 27 beginning at 3 p.m. The BlackCat Music Summer Showcase will feature over 40 musical performers and provide lawn games and picnic food for those in attendance. The concert[Read More…]
Hancock’s Helping Hands serves 542 people in drive-thru
by Lisa Schauer Vehicles were lined up around Widmeyer Memorial Park and down to Save a Lot last Saturday, August 13 for the ninth annual Hancock’ s Helping Hands event organized by the greater Hancock council of churches. The drive-thru opened at 10 a.m. and the last vehicle pulled out[Read More…]
Council discusses ways to permit food trucks, temporary stands under existing mobile home ordinance
by Geoff Fox Hancock town officials are weighing their options to change or fully enforce a town ordinance regarding mobile homes and vehicles within their town limits. A special town meeting on the subject was held this Monday, August 15. Councilman Roland Lanehart, Jr. said he talked to a number[Read More…]
Hancock splash pad still under development
by Geoff Fox Town officials are still looking at the possibility of getting a splash pad made before diving in to build a new municipal pool. The question was raised during the August town meeting last Tuesday evening, August 9, by April Davis during citizen’ s comments and later[Read More…]
CDC changes COVID-19 guidance on quarantine and social distancing
by Kate Evans The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new COVID-19 guidance on quarantining and social distancing last Thursday. They recommended that if a person was not up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccines and was exposed to the virus, that instead of quarantining they should wear a high-quality mask[Read More…]
Kenneth Walter Mitchell
Kenneth Walter Mitchell 1932-2022 Kenneth Walter Mitchell, age 89, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at Stonerise Berkeley Springs. Born August 19, 1932 in Barnack, England, he was the son of Walter and Alice Gertrude Syer Mitchell. He attended Trinity-Asbury United Methodist Church. Kenneth graduated from[Read More…]
Karen J. Bugle
Karen J. Bugle 1943-2022 Karen J. Bugle, née Kreitzer, of Hancock, Md., passed away on Monday, August 8, 2022, at Winchester Medical Center. She was 78 years old. Karen is survived by her daughter, Allison Lynn Gumber, of N.Y. She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Alice[Read More…]
