The Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration is high-lighting Vehicle Safety Recalls Week from March 6-12 to encourage Marylanders to proactively check their vehicles’ recall status and have any open recalls resolved immediately. All repairs for recalls are free at an authorized dealership. “During Vehicle Safety Recalls Week, we[Read More…]
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Food Pantry to be open March 21 at high school
by Geoff Fox Hancock Middle-Senior High School will be holding their monthly food pantry on Tuesday, March 21 at 3:45 p.m. The food pantry is typically held on the third Tuesday of each month from 3:45 p.m. until 4:45 p.m. from October through May. While the public is invited to[Read More…]
VR comes to Martha’s House through connection grant
by Geoff Fox Kids visiting Martha’s House in downtown Hancock for activities will now be able to visit places around the world in living color without ever leaving the building or Hancock. Martha’s House was able to purchase 15 Meta Quest 2 virtual reality headset and controllers with a large[Read More…]
Commissioners approve purchase of Sideling Hill maintenance facility
by Geoff Fox Washington County Commissioners approved the purchase of the Sideling Hill Highway Maintenance Facility west of Hancock during their February 28 meeting. Commissioners held a public hearing during the meeting but did not have any comments from the public. The notice for the public hearing and intent to[Read More…]
Michael B. Hiltz
Michael B. Hiltz 1964-2023 Michael B. Hiltz, 58, Hancock Md., passed away March 2, 2023, in Winchester, Va. He was born December 11, 1964, in Baltimore, Md. He is survived by his mother, Sharon Hiltz, of Chincoteague, Va.; his wife, Debra Hiltz, of Hancock, Md.; one son, Brett Hiltz, of Falling[Read More…]
Loretta Mae Miller
Loretta Mae Miller 1945-2023 Loretta Mae Miller, age 77, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Saturday, March 4, 2023 at War Memorial Hospital. Born December 12, 1945 in Petersburg, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Lacy and Esther May Bergdoll Simmons. She was a Christian. Loretta was a[Read More…]
Irene Adair Kleiss
Irene Adair Kleiss 1946-2023 Irene Adair Kleiss, age 76, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Monday, February 27, 2023 at Winchester Medical Center. Born August 12, 1946 in Winchester, Va., she was the daughter of the late James Wallace Pierce II and the late Catherine Gwendolyn Everett Pierce. She was[Read More…]
Helen Geneva McCarty
Helen Geneva McCarty 1934-2023 Helen Geneva McCarty, 88, Hancock, Md., passed away, Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at Doey’s House in Hagerstown, Md. Born July 6, 1934, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Samuel Hull and Martha Gladhill Hull and the widower of James Warren McCarty.[Read More…]
