The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is once again putting out a call to all wildlife and cooking enthusiasts to submit their favorite recipes for its Wild Maryland online cookbook, this time for the holiday season. The department encourages Maryland’s hunters, anglers, and foragers to submit their best holiday[Read More…]
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Town officials refine grant process again, say business grant cycle will close at end of year
by Geoff Fox Town officials unanimously voted to make changes to their grant process for business owners and also set a date for those grants to end. The grant period will end on Saturday, December 31 and won’t start back up until officials decide to reopen the process. No grant[Read More…]
Md. buck season opens November 26
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced that the two-week firearms hunting season for sika and white-tailed deer opens Saturday, November 26 and runs through Saturday, December 10. The two-week season includes Sunday hunting in all but three counties, affording hunters more weekend opportunities to hunt and contribute to managing[Read More…]
Evelyn Grace Hartley
Evelyn Grace Hartley 1929-2022 Evelyn Grace Hartley, 93, Little Orleans, Md., passed away peacefully, Monday, November 14, 2022, in the comfort of her home. Born July 4, 1929, in Flintstone, Md., she was the daughter of the late Wade and Bessie Alt Wallizer, of Flintstone, Md., and the widow of[Read More…]
Roger E. Fox
Roger E. Fox 1928-2022 Roger E. Fox, age 94, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, November 17, 2022 at Hampshire Memorial Hospital Extended Care Unit in Romney, W.Va., where he had been a resident for the past 4½ years. He had been in failing health and suffered a heart attack[Read More…]
Lu Ann Jamison
Lu Ann Jamison 1954-2022 Well, if you are reading this, Lu Ann is dead. But what a wonderful life she had. Lu Ann was born October 18, 1954 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. to her parents, the late Oliver Wendell Holmes Jamison and Nita Mae Lyons Jamison of Berkeley Springs, and[Read More…]
County voters back GOP commission, Sheriff as state voters trend Dem
by Kate Shunney Washington County voters heavily favored conservative candidates during the 2022 Gubernatorial Election as statewide voting trends solidly backed Democrats in state and federal races. Republican candidates swept the race for Washington County Commission. Hancock resident Wayne Keefer was one of five GOP candidates to secure terms of[Read More…]
League bowling scores
Bowling scores for the Tri-State Mixed on October 31: High scratch game: Mike’s Scrap Metal 502, Old Vets 494 and Git-R-Done 485. High scratch series: Mike’s Scrap Metal 1,475, Git-R-Done 1,382 and Old V ets 1,320. High scratch game men: Pete Coe 194, Jamie Stoner 193 and Daryl Comes 187.[Read More…]
Panthers’ volleyball team falls to Smithsburg in quarterfinals
by Lisa Schauer Hancock High School varsity volleyball team wrapped up their regular season with a record of 3-12. Seniors Sarah Mellon and Josie Foltz have been selected to play in the Washington County Volleyball Showcase on December 10. The Panthers lost at home to Smithsburg 3-0 in the West[Read More…]
Hancock honors veterans, hosts Alabama soldier as keynote speaker for annual ceremony
by Geoff Fox At 11 a.m. last Friday morning, students at Hancock Middle-Senior High School, along with a number of folks from the public, attended their annual Veterans Day Ceremony in the school’s auditorium. A video of Johnny Cash’s “Ragged Old Flag” played before Principal Jennifer Ruppenthal welcomed everyone to[Read More…]
