The deadline for the Festival of Trees registration has been extended to this Friday, November 21. You do not have to attend the event on December 5 or December 6 to participate, however you can bring a table top or full sized tree before Friday, December 5, and then pick[Read More…]
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High school, students honor veterans at 30th annual Veterans Day ceremony
by Geoff Fox For over 30 years, Hancock Middle-Senior High School has honored local veterans with their annual Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. last Tuesday, November 11, in the school’s auditorium. Folks entered the auditorium about 10 minutes before the ceremony with a number of local veterans taking their[Read More…]
Clear Springs structure fire claims three lives
Maryland’s State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of an early morning fire on Tuesday that killed three Clear Spring adults. According to fire officials, units from Clear Spring Volunteer Fire Company and the surrounding area responded to the 13800 block of National Pike on Tuesday, November 18 shortly after[Read More…]
Get the Flock out: Town officials tell camera company to remove equipment after it fails trial period
by Geoff Fox Town officials unanimously voted to remove the Flock cameras that were installed over the summer at various entry points into Hancock after a trial period revealed an inability for the camera system to share information with other municipalities. The decision came as the trial period for the[Read More…]
Potomac River gets a “B” for river & watershed health from conservancy group
by Kate Shunney The Potomac River Conservancy has reported that in 2025, the Potomac River’s health remains at a “B” grade. “That’s remarkable progress from a dismal ‘D’ in 2011,” the conservation group said in a release about the health of the river. Progress on the six health indicators for[Read More…]
Laura Ella Creek
Laura Ella Creek 1927-2025 Laura Ella Creek, 97, of Hancock, Md., passed away on Saturday, November 15, 2025, at Homewood Living, Williamsport, Md. Born Sunday, November 20, 1927, in Warfordsburg, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Harry Wilbur and Lucille Iva Bair Shaw. Laura was a graduate of[Read More…]
Mary Frances Dillman-Gramling
Mary Frances Dillman-Gramling 1939-2025 Mary Frances Dillman-Gramling, age 86, passed away peacefully under Hospice Care on November 14, 2025 in Winchester, Va. with family present. Born March 14, 1939, in Takoma Park, Md., she was the daughter of William Miller and Frances Musgrove Miller. She graduated from Sherwood High School[Read More…]
Lloyd Albert Timmons III
Lloyd Albert Timmons III 1981-2025 Lloyd Albert “Bert” Timmons III, age 44, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away on Friday, November 14, 2025 at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. Born October 14, 1981 in Martinsburg, W.Va., he was the son of Lloyd Albert Timmons, Jr. and Brenda Kay[Read More…]
Raymond T. Luttrell
Raymond “Ray” Telle Luttrell 1930-2025 Raymond “Ray” Telle Luttrell, 95, of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, surrounded by the love of his family and under the compassionate care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born on January 28, 1930, in Hoy, West[Read More…]
James L. Hayes, Jr.
James Laque “Jay” Hayes, Jr. 1955-2025 James Laque “Jay” Hayes, Jr., age 70, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 16, 2025 at his home. Born January 17, 1955 in Annapolis, Md., he was the son of the late James Laque Hayes, Sr. and the late Dorothy[Read More…]
