Gerrardstown News

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A South Berkeley Volunteer Fire Co. fire engine has turned into Santa Claus' personal means of transportation the past few nights, relying on horsepower instead of reindeer.

Firefighters were busy Tuesday night battling a fire that destroyed a Gerrardstown home in south Berkeley County.

A local toy drive organized in memory of a local teen is set to continue this year, keeping the holiday spirit alive and making sure Christmas comes to children in need.

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A disease that is often dubbed "the other high blood pressure" is now becoming more well-known in the community, thanks to the formation of a local support group for those with pulmonary hypertension.

Recently the Berkeley County Historical Landmarks Commission received the forms and map from Michael Gioulis on the completion of a $10,000 survey grant through the Department of West Virginia Archives and History Division.

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.