Hedgesville News

Sixty-five public schools in West Virginia, including several in Kanawha, Putnam and Jackson counties, were honored as exemplary schools by the state Board of Education at a dinner Monday night at Embassy Suites.

The Woods is a conference center, resort and residential community deep in the Sleepy Creek Mountains west of Hedgesville, W.Va. Three restaurants had been listed on their Web site - Walnut Pub, Chestnut Grill and Walden Restaurant.

A former Berkeley County teacher has pleaded not guilty to charges she kissed a 14-year-old male student during a lunch break at Musselman Middle School.

Donald B. Surber Jr., the 37-year-old Winchester man indicted by a grand jury last week in the murder of his ex-girlfriend, entered a plea of not guilty to all charges Thursday at his arraignment in Berkeley County Circuit Court.

A Baltimore County woman is accused of taking nearly $14,000 from a resident of a nursing home in Martinsburg while she was employed there, according to Berkeley County Magistrate Court records.

The Berkeley County Commission on Thursday hedged on taking the next step needed to tap into about $30 million in federal bonds meant to stimulate the county's depressed economy.

The Elkins High School cross country team will host the Class AAA, Region II championship today at Davis & Elkins College's Harpertown Field.

Cold, wet weather may have not been the ideal conditions for the 30th annual Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival, but organizers say that still couldn't put a damper on the community spirit and support that help make each year memorable.

The steady hum of puttering, popping steam-powered engines, antique tractors and turn-of-the-century farming equipment punctuated the celebration of agricultural history at the Dillon Farm Museum in Hedgesville on Sunday during its annual fall festival.

The sounds of bluegrass music wafted through the crisp autumn air in Hedgesville on Saturday morning.

Dozens of firefighters were in the process of containing a massive fire Wednesday night that broke out inside a vacant building off Old Mill Road in Berkeley County near City Hospital.

The National Volunteer Fire Council, in partnership with the Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins Community Foundation, has selected 10 outstanding junior firefighter programs and Explorer Posts from departments nationwide to receive a $5,000 grant through the NVFC National Junior Firefighter Program.

Ruby Kern clearly recalls the 19 years she spent on the Bunker Hill Public Service District, especially the last six years that she served as its chairwoman.

Police said Thursday that a person was seen fleeing the area of Wednesday night's fire that destroyed at two-story, abandoned farm house on Old Mill Road and are seeking any information from the public about the case.

The kickoff event to the Watch DOGS program took place at Berkeley Heights Elementary Tuesday evening, and it was evident by the turnout that this nationwide program is gaining momentum in the Eastern Panhandle.

Jason A.A. Nicola, 35, a resident of Route 2, Moatsville, passed away Friday Sept.

The 18th annual Berkeley County Schools Scholarship Pageant will be held Nov. 21 and 22 at Musselman High School, and students in all Berkeley County Schools in grades kindergarten through 12th grade may participate.

A Hedgesville woman is challenging herself by running a marathon, to help veterans overcome their own challenges.

A second round of Cub Scout recruiting nights is scheduled at schools throughout Berkeley County next week.

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.