GREEN SPRING — One of Hampshire County’s earliest settlers — and heroes — will be remembered at a cemetery ceremony Sunday afternoon.
CAPON BRIDGE — Music and messages “to bring the churches and the community together” will fill the Capon Bridge fire hall grounds Saturday afternoon.
Last weekend was a bustling one in Capon Bridge, sure, but Rada was rockin’ too with the 8th annual Kindred Spirits Festival at the Flying Squirrel Distillery. The barn saw big sounds as artists and musical groups traveled to Purgitsville to perform, and onlookers danced and enjoyed the week…
MOOREFIELD — The Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College Foundation has received a $20,000 grant award from the Clearway Community Benefit Fund to establish a scholarship fund to support students enrolled in Eastern’s wind energy technology program.
Judge testifies, apologizes
Riverfest honors Cacapon waters, the importance of art in our community
ROMNEY — America’s favorite seafood — shrimp — will be farmed in Capon Bridge if business plans presented at last Wednesday’s Hampshire County Development Authority meeting are implemented.
ROMNEY — It wasn’t quite landslide status, but 58.7% of Romney voters said last week that they support a $2.50 fee added to their town water-and-sewer bill to go for fire protection.
ROMNEY — Hampshire County has 314 more homes now with access to county broadband and 2,111 residents have been vaccinated against Covid by the county Health Department, the Hampshire County Development Authority Executive Board learned at its meeting last Wednesday.
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Environmental Pro-tection’s (WVDEP) Youth Environmental Program (YEP) presented close to $15,000 in cash awards to groups from around the state for their efforts to better the environment in the Mountain State, with 4 of those groups calling Hamps…
KEYSER — A former Mineral County deputy has begun a 30-day home jail sentence for his role in West Virginia’s largest-ever poaching case.
ROMNEY — Young Austin Holmes-Evans will learn his sentence today for murdering his 14-year-old cousin Johnny Adams nearly 2 years ago.
PETERSBURG –State Fire Marshal’s investigators have arrested a Petersburg man, charging him with setting fire to a house on his property, a blaze that injured a firefighter.
CAPON BRIDGE — The Capon Bridge Town Council gave initial approval to new water and sewer ordinances at last week’s meeting, and discussed changing the timing of municipal elections to coincide with the national election schedule, combining town with state and national elections.
CHARLES TOWN — If Efram Torres hasn’t seen it all, he’s seen a lot of it.
ROMNEY — The state barn on Depot Street may not make it through another winter.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia turned 159 years old on Monday and many citizens turned out at the state Capitol Complex to celebrate.
So much has happened over the past few months.
Well, we are all aware that gas prices are outrageous, still climbing and there appears to be no end in sight.
I keep a document near the top of the working folder on my desktop (how old school) that I fill with ideas for my “On the loose” column and the beginnings of columns that didn’t go anywhere.
Some time ago I posted a question on Facebook asking, “Who was the most famous Hampshire Countian?”
ROMNEY — Voters here said they would support a $2.50 service fee for fire protection to be added to their monthly water and sewer bills.
WASHINGTON — Suspicious communications in all its forms designed to either trick, surprise or scare someone into responding before thinking is No. 7 on the 2022 “Dirty Dozen” scams warning list, the Internal Revenue Service says.
Nurse named top employee
CAPON BRIDGE — The 1st festival dedicated to the Cacapon River launches its 2-day run Friday.
MOOREFIELD — The Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College Foundation has received a $20,000 grant award from the Clearway Community Benefit Fund to establish a scholarship fund to support students enrolled in Eastern’s wind energy technology program.
ALUM CREEK — Guided hikes, exhibits and interactive programming greeted guests during the grand opening of the Claudia L. Workman Wildlife Education Center.
ROMNEY — Age is just a number, baby.
Thrift donates over $82K back to community
Darren Thorne unseated 18-year Delegate Ruth Rowan in May’s Republican primary. Now can he beat her son-in-law in November?
Admin Building scheduled for July demolition
CAPON BRIDGE — Old ground and new can be uncovered Saturday at Fort Edwards’ annual Family Frontier Day.
CHARLESTON — Three statewide agencies are uniting to remind the public of potential hazards that can occur during the summer, as many West Virginians and tourists are more active outdoors.
ROMNEY — A new home for the county ambulance service is back to square one after the County Commission rejected both bids for a facility at its Tuesday morning meeting.
ROMNEY — They came from all over to remember the past and reunite with each other.
ANNAPOLIS — The Chesapeake Bay watershed received an overall grade of C+ on its latest report card, released Monday by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.
MARTINSBURG — The state’s misconduct case against Judge Carter Williams opened here Tuesday morning amid technological confusion.
Rob Wolford isn’t the only independent candidate mounting a bid for the general election here.
Gas prices set another new record in West Virginia this week, hitting $4.90 a gallon Sunday in gasbuddy.com’s daily survey of 1,154 stations across the state.
CHARLESTON — More than half a billion dollars in federal funding will be sent to 4 U.S. states to expand broadband access as part of a sweeping national effort to bring affordable service to rural and low-income Americans, the U.S. Treasury Department announced.
Thanks all around
Just around the corner from downtown Romney, up High Street, and onto Eagle Drive is where I hopped on board the Potomac Eagle train for the sunset Trough trip.
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