by Kate Shunney Schools in Hancock should get a little shadier in the future, but only in a good way. County officials heard a recommendation from Scott Hobbs, Washington County Division of Engineering, to hire Conservation Services, Inc. of Waynesboro, Va. to plant 28.8 acres of trees on Washington County[Read More…]
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Police Report
Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of Monday, July 4, through Sunday, July 10: July 4 Traffic enforcement in the Hancock area with eight stops. Attempted suicide in area of Jackson Street. Subject transported to Meritus. Parking complaint in the first block of West Main[Read More…]
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King Soul Band opens Summer Concert in the Park series
The King Soul Band will open the Morgan Art Council’ s 2022 Concert in the Park series on Saturday, July 9 at Berkeley Springs State Park. Born of a mutual passion for the sounds of an earlier time, eight-piece band King Soul is brining old-school Southern Soul to a new[Read More…]
Hancock Little League kicks off District 1 Championship
photos by Lori Younker
Valley Health loosens hospital visitation rules
by Kate Evans The Level Yellow visitation guidelines for all Valley Health facilities, including War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs, were loosened on June 28 to let patients have more visitors. Visitation has been restricted to Level Yellow due to COVID-19 and influenza. For most patients who are adult inpatient[Read More…]
Cole’s Cavalry had local troopers; reunions marked Loudoun Heights fight
by Steve French Recently, Cinda O’Neill Drogemeyer, of the Morgan County Historical Society loaned me the files of Berkeley Springs historian, the late Frederick Newbraugh. Fred, still widely-known in Mountain State historical circles for his 3-volume, not-to- be-surpassed, W arm Springs Echoes, was a tireless researcher who in pre-Internet days[Read More…]
Early voting in Maryland primary starts July 7
Registered voters in Maryland can cast early ballots in the state’s gubernatorial primary election starting this Thursday, July 7. Early in-person voting takes place through July 14 at each county’ s early voting center. Those centers are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Washington County has two Early Voting[Read More…]
Hancock Police Report
following arrests and incidents from the week of Monday, June 27, through Sunday, July 3: June 27 Service to advise in the Hancock area. Subject advised. Animal complaint in the 100 block of West Main Street. Humane Society notified. June 28 Traffic enforcement in the Hancock area with three stops.[Read More…]
Hancock girls take win in Smithsburg tourney
