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A new trial was set for early 2008 for Denver A. Youngblood after Circuit Judge Gina Groh refused to accept a plea bargain last week in a sexual assault case from 2000.

Bath Town Police Officer PFC Richard Haynes was parked on the north side of N. Washington Street near Williams Street Saturday evening, October 13 at 6:17 p.m., when he observed an 18 wheel tractor-trailer headed south on N. Washington Street at a high rate of speed.

Trained citizen volunteers are desperately needed for assisting the county in the event of a major disaster, said Office of Emergency Services (OES) Director Dave Michael.

Members of the Morgan County Planning Commission set aside consideration of two residential subdivisions and gave the okay for two new commercial buildings along U.S. 522 south of Berkeley Springs.

Ancora Estates, a 20-acre proposed development with eight lots along Sir Johns Run Road, was tabled at the request of developer George Brent. Planners may consider changes to the original subdivision designs at their December meeting.

Town of Bath Streetscape Committee has received ten responses to the Request for Proposal (RFP) that was sent out earlier this month.

The RFP is for the initial design work needed for streetscape improvements on Wilkes Street between Fairfax Street and Route 9 west and the connecting blocks of Congress and Independence Streets.

Applications for current openings on the Morgan County Fire Board and the Morgan County Economic Development Authority will be accepted until November 16. The county hopes to fill the volunteer board positions as soon as possible, said administrative assistant Bette Kidwell.

A local family of eight lost everything in a fire that completely destroyed their mobile home at 761 Jim West Road in northern Morgan County on Tuesday, October 16.

Morgan County Commissioners Glen Stotler, Tommy Swaim and Brenda Hutchinson met with Department of Commerce Secretary Kelley Goes last Thursday to further discuss courthouse funding proposals.

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The long-awaited and much debated $15.7 million sewer system upgrade in Berkeley Springs is more than half-way done, and should be wrapped up by early spring 2008, according to Rodney Hovermale of the Warm Springs Public Service District.