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Harvest Festival to be held September 23
Hancock in Motion will be sponsoring and hosting the Hancock Harvest Festival next Saturday, September 23, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. along Main Street. There will be crafters, vendors, food, yard sales and more. For more information, contact Hancock In Motion at [email protected]. Also that weekend a Hancock landmark[Read More…]
Much needed rain!
Heat and dry conditions fed Hancock brush fire
by Geoff Fox About 30 firefighters from multiple fire departments in the tri-state area responded to a brush fire on Millstone Road on Wednesday, September 6. According to Hancock Fire Chief Robert Hoopengardner, the call came in at 2:24 p.m. that afternoon. A post from Hancock Volunteer Fire Company on[Read More…]
Lillian A. Norris Weller
Lillian A. Norris Weller 1926-2023 Lillian A. Norris Weller, 96, passed away Saturday, September 9, 2023, at her home in Hancock, Md. Born December 26, 1926, in Huntington, Pa., she was the daughter of the late William and Rosetta Hiles Norris, and the widower of Clifford “Buddy” Weller, who passed[Read More…]
Douglas Lynn Shives
Douglas Lynn Shives 1968-2022 Douglas Lynn Shives, age 54, of Little River, South Carolina went to his heavenly home on Friday, September 23, 2022. Born April 18, 1968 in McConnellsburg, Pa., Doug was the son of Barry and Barbara (Hendershot) Shives. He was preceded in death by maternal grandparents, Bee[Read More…]
Vesta Glendora Maravelis
Vesta Glendora Maravelis 1933-2023 Vesta Glendora Maravelis, age 89, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, September 7, 2023, at her home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born October 14, 1933, in Hancock, Md., she was the daughter of the late Berman and Ida Belle (Barnhart)[Read More…]
Timothy Lynn Stotler
Timothy Lynn Stotler 1953-2023 Timothy Lynn Stotler, 69, of Hagerstown, Md., passed away Sunday, August 27, 2023, at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. Born December 7, 1953, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Rumsey Bill Stotler and Elsie Bell (Werdebaugh) Stotler. Tim was[Read More…]
September is Suicide Prevention Month
Marylanders can connect to a local behavioral health crisis call specialist through the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Contacting 988 connects people directly to the National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which encompasses all behavioral crisis services, to include all mental health and substance use (problems with drug and alcohol use).[Read More…]
Late summer shows COVID rise & new variants
by Kate Evans Several new COVID variants have emerged that are vying for predominance in a late summer COVID surge that has brought new cases of the disease and a rise in hospitalizations across the country. Cases of COVID had declined earlier this year. Deaths and hospitalizations from COVID have[Read More…]
