Students at Hancock Middle-Senior High School recently learned about three different career fields they could enter once they graduate. Hancock students have had numerous opportunities to explore various career paths. On January 30, students interested in the medical field met with orthopedic surgeon Dr. Ralph Salvagno. The group met with[Read More…]
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Partners are mapping the bottom of the Potomac River
from the Chesapeake Bay News In the fall of 2024, the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB) and its partners at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center in West Virginia and the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in South Dakota completed Phase 3 of a[Read More…]
Drilling for Potomac River pipeline crossing underway now, says energy company
Kate Shunney An interstate project to connect a natural gas pipeline from Southern Fulton, Pa. to northern Morgan County has work continuing at multiple sites, including horizontal directional drilling under the Potomac River. A biweekly status report on the 3.4-mile natural gas extension project says that contractors for the pipeline[Read More…]
Kenneth Eugene Merchant, Sr.
Kenneth Eugene Merchant, Sr. 1950-2025 Kenneth Eugene Merchant, Sr., age 74, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away on Friday, February 14, 2025 at his home. Born July 5, 1950 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Herbert Thornton and Annie Elizabeth Allen Merchant. Kenneth attended Morgan[Read More…]
Gail Lynn Croston
Gail Lynn Croston 1976-2025 Gail Lynn Croston, age 48, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Saturday, February 8, 2025 at her home. Born September 10, 1976 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of Fern Lola Waugh Youngblood of Berkeley Springs, W.Va. and the late Kenneth Eugene Merchant, Sr.[Read More…]
Homer Joseph “Joe” Landers
Homer Joseph “Joe” Landers 1946-2025 Homer Joseph “Joe” Landers, age 78, passed away Monday, February 10, 2025, at the Winchester Medical Center in Winchester, Virginia. Born Thursday, June 20, 1946, in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Ralph and Laura Schooley Landers. Joe was a graduate[Read More…]
Mary Florence Ricker
Mary Florence Ricker 1944-2025 Mary Florence Ricker, age 80, of Hedgesville, W.Va., passed away on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. Born July 16, 1944 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Clarence Bernard and Pansy Marie Farrell Rankin. Mary[Read More…]
Anna Mae Hoffman
Anna Mae Hoffman 1927-2025 Anna Mae Hoffman, age 97, of Hancock, Md., passed away Thursday, February 6, 2025, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. Born Sunday, August 7, 1927, in Elkton, Va, she was the daughter of the late Luther and Linnie Davis Harris and the wife of Harry Hoffman who passed[Read More…]
Leora Weber Orebaugh
Leora Weber Orebaugh 1924-2025 Leora Weber Orebaugh died on February 16, 2025, at home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Leora was born on March 29, 1924, in Morgan County, W.Va. to Ercel (Doc) Weber and Ora Potter Weber. Leora was a graduate of Berkeley Springs High[Read More…]
Robert Affeldt
Robert Affeldt 1939-2025 Robert “Bob” Affeldt, age 85, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, February 6, 2025 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.Va. Born July 18, 1939 in Ferndale, Md., he was the son of the late Elmer and Elizabeth Pearson Nevaker. He was a Christian.[Read More…]
