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