Gerrardstown News

A Gerrardstown man who told police he would take a drug test to prove he didn't smoke marijuana after a baggie containing the illegal narcotic was found by his feet outside the Eastern Regional Jail later tested positive for THC and numerous other narcotics.

Free meditation classes will be offered at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Martinsburg Room at the Martinsburg Public Library.

One person was flown out by medivac helicopter Wednesday night after an accident around 8:30 p.m. on Gerrardstown Road near Inwood.

Morgan County War Memorial Hospital's Center for Rehab and Wellness will offer a free presentation "Fall into Good Health" at 4:30 p.m. today.

A 31-year-old Gerrardstown woman was arraigned Tuesday on one count of felony false pretenses after nearly $1,500 raised during a 4-H club breast cancer benefit last year turned up missing.

The Berkeley County Sheriff's Office is also asking for your help on an armed robbery at an Inwood gas station Monday morning.

A new high school in northern Berkeley County not only would ease overcrowding at Hedgesville and Martinsburg high schools, but would eliminate 30 to 40 minutes of travel time for 400 to 500 middle-school students, Berkeley County Schools Superintendent Manny P. Arvon II said.

A Gerrardstown man was arrested late Thursday night in connection with a break in on Aug.

A scholarship fund that honors the memory of a Musselman High School student got a boost this summer from a national jewelry sales company.

Early voting is under way in the Sept. 26 special election for Berkeley County Schools' $51.5 million taxpayer-financed school construction proposal.

GERRARDSTOWN, W.Va. -- A Texas jewelry company has begun selling a necklace and earring set named for a Gerrardstown teenager who was murdered during a burglary at her home in 2005.

Micki Mallicoat didn't hesitate to speak her mind Monday night at the Berkeley County Public Service Water District's special meeting, where she and approximately 70 citizens gathered to hear a consultant's report on the proposed North Mountain Shale LLC quarry at Gerrardstown.

A West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection official said Wednesday that a letter sent by the Berkeley County Public Service Water District about a controversial shale quarry has been received and will be reviewed in-house by a state geologist.

State Division of Environmental Protection officials will soon get a letter outlining local concerns about a proposed shale quarry's potential impact on surface and groundwater resources, thanks to action taken at Monday night's special meeting of the Berkeley County Public Service Water District.

This year's fall tour will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 12 and 13. The tour will take you along the back roads of Berkeley County to six lovely homes and farmhouses that have been beautifully preserved by Berkeley County residents who have a love of history and of old homes.

Berkeley County Public Service Water District officials aren't sure how many people will attend Monday night's special meeting to discuss the potential hydrological impacts of a proposed shale quarry at the base of North Mountain, but they want to be prepared and are planning to accommodate a crowd, said Executive Director Paul Fisher.

The first day of classes for more than 28,000 public school students in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle Wednesday went relatively smoothly, administrators in the three counties said.

The State Historic Preservation Office says a proposed shale quarry in Gerrardstown should be shielded from the public's view.

The Berkeley County Public Service Water District has hired a consultant to review a hydrological study that will be part of North Mountain Shale LLC's permit application to develop a controversial quarry in Gerrardstown.

Martinsburg City Police's search for seven remaining suspects in a drug roundup led to two suspects voluntarily turning themselves in on Friday for outstanding warrants.