The Delectable Mountain Quilt Guild of Berkeley Springs will be holding their 21st Annual Yard Square Quilt Auction on Saturday, September 5 at 2 p.m. at the Star Theater in Berkeley Springs. This annual event has raised over $118,000 for community charities through the creation and sale of 1,045 quilts.[Read More…]

Interfaith Service Coalition – Help to sort, package and handout food bags during Monthly Produce distribution.  1st Wednesday of each month 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Loaves & Fishes Thrift Store – Help to sort donations every Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. or help to sort, clean and price donations. Monday[Read More…]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will be hosting a workshop showing people how to make soap. In the free hands-on workshop, they’ll show how to turn basic ingredients into homemade bar soap and then transform it into custom dish soap and laundry detergent. The workshop will[Read More…]

Pennsylvania State Police is providing guidance and recommendations to businesses and establishments currently operate skill game machines to help prepare for the upcoming compliance deadline following the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s recent decision. On June 15, the state’s Supreme Court ruled “skill game” devices, often found in taverns, restaurants, social[Read More…]

A landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc.— considered to be the largest state consumer protection settlement in history outside the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s – has been announced by state attorneys general, who joined in a lawsuit about dangers to youth on social media platforms.[Read More…]

by Geoff Fox The Hancock Rotary’s 79th annual Halloween Parade is coming up at the end of October and the public is asked to consider what entry they might like to add to the regional tradition. The parade will be held Wednesday, October 28, beginning at 7 p.m. A rain[Read More…]

Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of Monday, August 17, through Sunday, August 23: August 17 911 hang up, 200 block Pennsylvania Avenue. Accidental. Service to advise, 400 block Whispering Wind Road. Subject advised. Parking complaint, Church Street. Owner moved vehicle. Traffic enforcement, Hancock area.[Read More…]

A decades-old tradition in the southern end of Morgan County is returning this Labor Day weekend. South Morgan Volunteer Fire Company’s Annual Yard Party will be held on Saturday, September 5 starting at 1 p.m. Ham and chicken dinners will be served from a 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. The[Read More…]

by Daniel Leaderman Members of Maryland’s forestry sector are celebrating a recent executive order they hope will give a much-needed boost to the industry – and help pave the way for broader use of innovative wood products. The order, signed by Governor Wes Moore in June, directs the state’s Department[Read More…]

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has announced they will officially open Savage Highlands State Park in Garrett County on Friday, August 28. The park will give increased access to tens of thousands of acres of state forest and natural areas. It will be managed as part of  New Germany[Read More…]