by Geoff Fox Next Tuesday, August 2, Widmeyer Park will be a busy place as folks from around the Hancock park for National Night Out. National Night Out begins at 6 p.m. This year’s event will once again have free food prepared by the Hancock Lions Club with hot dogs,[Read More…]
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Young Ukes to give free concert at Kirkwood July 29
Youth ukulele musicians will present a free performance of summer songs at Hancock’s Kirkwood Park on Friday, July 29. The Young Yukes performing group will produce and perform their own show, “Sounds of Summer.” This free concert will be held at Kirkwood Park Pavilion in Hancock at 6 p.m., rain[Read More…]
Open Mic Night was successful
Summer brings new faces to Hancock
by Lisa Schauer Sunny skies and warm weather drew families to Hancock on Monday afternoon to enjoy the town’s outdoor activities. Bella Shoemaker, 12, of Berkeley Springs was playing beach volleyball at Widmeyer Park with her mom, who said they came to Hancock to do something different. “I’m practicing to[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…]
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…]
Free bluegrass concert on July 9
A free concert of bluegrass and roots music by The Furnace Mountain Band will be offered at Kirkwood Park in Hancock, Md., on Saturday, July 9 at 7 p.m.. The park is located at Kirk Farm Road and Creek Road. Furnace Mountain consists of musicians playing bass, fiddle, guitar, bouzouki,[Read More…]
Library’s Summer Reading Club has “Oceans of Possibilities”
The Washington County Free Library’ s Summer Reading Club is underway with an ocean of possibilities. “Oceans of Possibilities” is the theme for the 2022 version of the annual club, which began June 1. Hancock Veterans Memorial Library will hold local events as part of the countywide reading club. The[Read More…]
Enjoy a patriotic movie on the Fourth of July
by Kate Evans After your Fourth of July holiday cookout, celebrate America’ s birthday by watching an inspiring, patriotic movie or miniseries with your family. Here are a few top picks: “Apollo 13” Apollo 13 is a 1995 American space film directed by Ron Howard that starred Tom Hanks, Kevin[Read More…]
