Luella Josephine Owens 1938-2025 Luella Josephine Owens, age 85, of Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2025, at the Fulton County Medical Center, McConnellsburg, Pa. Born Monday, October 3, 1938, in Oxnard, Calif., she was the daughter of the late Francis and Vama Jester Vernon. Luella attended elementary[Read More…]
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Sara Eleanor Fost
Sara Eleanor Fost 1928-2025 Sara “Sally” Eleanor Fost, age 96, of Hancock, Md., passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 23, 2025, at the Williamsport Nursing Home in Williamsport, Md. Born in Abington, Pa. on Sunday, September 2, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Albert Burgess McKinley and Sarah[Read More…]
William Edward Whiteside
William Edward Whiteside 1930-2025 William Edward Whiteside, age 94, of Warfordsburg, Pa., died on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at his home. Born February 21, 1930 in Lancaster County, Pa., he was the son of the late David Malcolm and Rintha Mae Diehl Whiteside. He was a member of Whips Cove[Read More…]
Carroll E. Luttrell
Carroll E. Luttrell 1944-2025 Carroll E. Luttrell, age 80, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away peacefully and surrounded by his family on Sunday, January 26, 2025 at his home. Carroll was born on December 20, 1944 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. He was the son of Elber C. Luttrell and Dortha[Read More…]
Margaret Ann Bean
Margaret Ann Bean 1944-2025 Margaret Ann Bean, age 80, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2025 at her home. Born November 8, 1944 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Raymond Alston and Ollie Lou Crouse Mason. Margaret was a Christian. She[Read More…]
Nancy Kay Waugh
Nancy Kay Waugh 1954-2025 Nancy Kay Waugh, age 70, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Sunday, January 19, 2025 at Winchester Medical Center. Born June 11, 1954 in West Grove, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Robert and Mildred Lane Brackin. She was a Christian. Nancy was a[Read More…]
Virgil Joseph Miller, Jr.
Virgil Joseph Miller, Jr. 1953-2025 Virgil Joseph “Rocky” Miller, Jr., age 71, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at his home surrounded by his loving family and while under the Hospice of the Panhandle. Born January 25, 1953 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was son of[Read More…]
Local students get taste of careers in law enforcement, Natural Resources
Students at Hancock Middle-Senior High School had two opportunities to learn about careers in law enforcement and also working with the DNR. On Tuesday, January 14, officers from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office visited with local students who had expressed an interest in careers in law enforcement. Sgt. Jason Willison[Read More…]
Another delivery of winter…
Monday’s holiday meant an extra day for some folks to clean up from a Sunday, January 19 snowstorm that blanketed the region, dropping four to eight inches of precipitation and beginning this week’s plunge into arctic temperatures. By Wednesday, the mercury is set to drop to subzero levels, with Hancock[Read More…]
County code board rules on two Hancock properties, other properties in town to be reviewed
by Geoff Fox The Washington County Building Code Board of Appeals has given directives for action on two blighted properties in Hancock and one in Williamsport. Their actions came last Wednesday, January 15, during a public hearing at the first meeting of the year for the board. Under new business,[Read More…]
