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Maryland farm cover crop sign-up period to open June 21
The annual sign-up period for the Maryland Department of Agriculture’s Cover Crop Program will take place from June 21 through July 17 at soil conservation district offices statewide. The grant program provides farmers with cost-share assistance to offset seed, labor, and equipment costs to plant fall cover crops to protect[Read More…]
Hancock Police Report
Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of June 12-18: June 12 911 hang-up, first block West Main Street. Unfounded. 911 hang-up, first block West Main Street. Accidental. 911 hang-up, first block West Main Street. Accidental. Service to advise, 100 block High Street. Subjects advised. Property[Read More…]
New officers installed, members inducted into Hancock Lioness Lions Club at annual charter night
by Lisa Schauer Hancock Lioness Lions Club hosted its eighth annual charter night at Hancock American Legion Post 26 on Monday, June 12. Susan Cox, Lions Club International first vice district governor-elect, swore in a new slate of officers and inducted three new members after a three-course dinner and murder[Read More…]
Prevent Lyme disease and tick-borne illness
by Kate Evans Ticks are in abundance now, waiting for a potential host to brush against them as they perch on tall grasses, near the ground, and in brush and wooded areas. Here are some tips to keep ticks away and prevent Lyme disease and other tick-borne illness: • Look[Read More…]
Summertime calls for tick awareness, and vigilance over tick-borne diseases
by Kate Evans Plentiful spring rains encouraged an environment in which ticks are thriving this year. Health officials are advising people to be on the lookout for ticks when outdoors. Keep checking for ticks on yourself, your children and pets and watching for symptoms of tick bites, Lyme disease and[Read More…]
Carole Ann Mullin Habash
Carole Ann Mullin Habash 1940-2023 Carole Ann Mullin Habash, of Sugar Land, Texas, died Thursday, May 11, 2023, at University Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. Carole was born on December 27, 1940, in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. She was the daughter of the late Alton “Bud” John Mullin and Anna V.[Read More…]
Wallace Norman Shives
Wallace Norman Shives 1951-2023 Wallace Norman “Wally” Shives, age 71, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, June 15, 2023 at his home with his family by his side and while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born August 31, 1951 in Philadelphia, Pa., he was the son[Read More…]
James Watson True, Sr.
James Watson True, Sr. 1936-2023 James Watson “Jim” True, Sr., age 86, of Hancock, Md., died on Saturday, June 10, 2023. Born July 3, 1936 in Hancock, Md., he was the son of the late Leroy Franklin and Dorothy Suella Corbett True. He was a Christian. Jim was a graduate of[Read More…]
Pacific Rhythm performs at Hancock’s Barge Bash
The traditional Polynesian performance group based out of Warfordsburg, Pa. performed at Hancock’s resurrected Barge Bash event on Saturday, June 17. The Barge Bash featured hand-made floating watercraft to cruise the watered portion of the C& O Canal in Hancock. A longtime event in Hancock, the bash had not taken[Read More…]
