Kate Shunney

Fallout felt after Inn closure

Former employees, tourism promoters and bank officials are still feeling the repercussions of the May 5 closure of The Country Inn by owner Nancy Sosteric ahead of bankruptcy proceedings for the hotel and its restaurant and spa.

Local mail now being processed in Baltimore

A planned closure of the Martinsburg mail processing center and rerouting of mail through Baltimore’s processing center.

Voters reject levy, ending 55-year run

Periods of heavy rain across the area on Saturday, May 11 didn’t dampen voters’ interest in the hotly-debated election on the renewal of the school special levy.

The Country Inn closed for business

Bankruptcy liquidation to begin

Electric customers zapped by bills

Local electricity customers began complaining about out-of-whack bills from Potomac Edison last month, and the complaints have amped up in recent weeks.

The birth of local power

It’s reported in an early issue of the Potomac Edison News that local electricity service began when an Englishman, Mr. F.R. Reed, moved to Berkeley Springs from Greensburg, Pa. in the late 1890’s.

State may finally act on Powerhouse Dam hazards

Several decades of inaction by state wildlife and dam safety officials have left the fate of Great Cacapon’s Powerhouse Dam in the hands of a fickle Mother Nature, and set the safety of sportsman on the river at a low priority.

Great Cacapon graves damaged by thieves

Several headstones in Great Cacapon’s community cemetery were damaged last month when thieves cut off or removed brass vases from the memorial stones

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