Hancock students win art awards from museum show Two students from Hancock Middle-Senior High School were recently announced as winners at the Secondary Art Show presented by the Washington County Museum of Fine Art. Freshman Alliana Zambrano won the Artist Excellence and Innovation award for her photograph and eighth grader[Read More…]
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Hancock Police Report
Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of Monday, May 5, through Sunday, May 11 May 5 Traffic enforcement Hancock area, three stops. 911 hang up, 200 block Quaker Creek Drive. Accidental. Warrant service. Warrant served on William Scott Pennington, 42, of Hancock, for failure to[Read More…]
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No injuries in Warfordsburg crash
No one was injured in a Warfordsburg accident on Friday, May 9 when an SUV struck a truck on Mellott Drive. According to Pennsylvania State Police, the crash occurred shortly before 4 p.m. on Friday, May 9, when a 2013 Ford Explorer was traveling south on Mellott Drive and a[Read More…]
Fire Marshal warns of social media trend posing risk to school electronics
by Geoff Fox The school year is drawing to a close, but a trend on social media has started making the last month a little more dangerous for students and schools. The Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office has issued a warning, alerting people to a new social media trend where[Read More…]
Hancock Mayor, council members sworn in for new terms
Paul Stephen Fisher
Paul Stephen Fisher 1942-2025 Paul Stephen Fisher, 83, of Sarasota, Fla.—formerly of Pennsylvania—passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loved ones. Born April 12, 1942, in Pennsville, N. J., he was the son of the late Herbert and Eleanor (Barnhart) Fisher. Paul was a proud 1960 graduate of Southern Fulton High[Read More…]
Mary Ruth Barnhart
Mary Ruth Barnhart 1952-2025 Mary Ruth Barnhart, age 72, of Needmore, Pa., passed away on Monday, May 5, 2025 at her home. Born July 3, 1952 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Leonard Brent and Ada Ruth Smith Bishop. Mary was a graduate of Hancock[Read More…]
Dorothy Lee Ziler
Dorothy Lee Ziler 1940-2025 Dorothy Lee Ziler, age 84, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at Berkeley Springs Healthcare Center. Born May 14, 1940 in Oldtown, Md., she was the daughter of the late Willard J. and Amy Carolyn Hutchinson Robertson. She was a Christian.[Read More…]
Andrew L. Bohan, Sr.
Andrew L. Bohan, Sr. 1936-2025 Andrew L. Bohan, Sr., age 88, of Hancock, Md. passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 11, 2025 at Blue Ridge Hospice in Winchester, Va. Born on October 15, 1936, he was the son of the late Andrew Bohan and Virginia Bohan. He grew up on[Read More…]
