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  • Martinsburg Plans Winterfest Events on Saturday, Dec. 5

    Helena Bassler, For the Herald|Dec 3, 2020

    Martinsburg’s annual winter festivities will take place this Saturday, Dec 5. The day will begin with the annual Christmas parade at 11 a.m. It will start at Martinsburg Elementary School on East Spring Street. The parade route will turn right onto South Mulberry Street, left onto State Street, right onto Maple Street, right onto Woodlawn Avenue, right onto South Walnut Street and end at Morrisons Cove Memorial Park. At 6 p.m. in the gazebo at Morrisons Cove Memorial Park, the Christmas tree will be lit. There are no COVID-19 precautions in p...

  • Girl Scouts Offering New Badges to Inspire Young Women

    Helena Bassler, Correspondent|Sep 3, 2020

    Girl Scout Scouts Western Pennsylvania (GSWPA) and Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) have added 24 new badges that the young entrepreneurs can work toward. The badges incorporate skills in automotive engineering, STEM career exploration, entrepreneurship and civics. As these fields are often male-dominated, Girl Scouts is trying to push young women to find an interest in them. Through working toward the entrepreneurship badges, girls in grades kindergarten through 12th Grade can gain skills in...

  • The Herald's 'Return to School' Roundup

    Helena Bassler|Aug 13, 2020

    Editor's Notes: 1. The Northern Bedford School Board on Tuesday, Aug. 11, pushed back the district's start date for the 2020-21 school year. This decision occurred after the print edition of the Aug. 13 edition of the Herald was already being printed. Thus, the information regarding NBCSD's first day of school for students is incorrect in the print edition. In this online edition, however, the Herald has provided the latest information available. NBCS District Superintendent Todd Beatty said...

  • Memorial Church of the Brethren is distributing milk

    Helena Bassler, For the Herald|Jul 9, 2020

    The Memorial Church of the Brethren is distributing milk July 9. The event is made possible by various local dairy organizations. This milk distribution event is part of the Federal CARES Act, the Corona Food Assistance Program, and the Family Food Box Program. Joe Diamond, regional organization director of Region 4 of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, explained that the milk is free and based on need, although no proof of need is required. The milk being distributed comes from Clover Farms in...

  • Cove School Districts Say Good-bye to Experienced Teachers

    Helena Bassler, For the Herald|Jul 9, 2020

    This year has been tough on everyone, especially teachers. In about the course of a week, they had to switch to online teaching, which is far from anything they are familiar with. The end of a teaching career should be a bittersweet event, but these teachers had to say goodbye to their students long before they had planned to. At the Morrisons Cove Herald, we appreciate teachers and we want to recognize those retiring this year and thank them for their service to our school children. Northern...

  • F.M. Mellott Antique Machines

    Helena Bassler, Videographer|Jul 2, 2020

    Fred Mellott owns and operates F.M. Mellott & Sons, a truck repair shop in New Enterprise, Pennsylvania. Fred and some of his antique machines will be at the Antique Truck & Construction Equipment Show on July 11, 2020. The show will be held at the Southern Cove Power Reunion Show Grounds. Thank you to Fred and his family for welcoming us into their shop and showing us around! Music by https://www.bensound.com...

  • 2020 Graduates, You Did It!

    Helena Bassler|Jun 11, 2020

    I graduated two years ago from Altoona High (Go, Mountain Lions!). That day is still fresh in my memory. We got to do a “victory lap” before we took our seats and all 600-some of us were called out by our names and congratulated for accomplishing the seemingly never-ending task of completing high school. “I did it,” I remember sighing as I took my diploma in hand. Once all of us were recognized for our achievement, we threw our caps up into the air and I must have hugged 20 of my peers that were sitting around me. I was so happy. It was a prett...

  • Calling All Cove Kids!

    Helena Bassler|Jun 11, 2020

    At the Morrisons Cove Herald, we know that there are some pretty awesome kids in the Cove. We want to meet YOU, show off your talents and give you things to do throughout the week. If you have a piece of artwork (a drawing, painting, sculpture, a baked good, anything) that you created and would like to show the Cove, send in a digital picture to news@mcheraldonline.com or a physical picture to 113 N. Market St, Martinsburg 16662 for the chance to be published in the newspaper! Don't forget to include a picture of your creation, the name of...

  • Calling All Cove Kids!

    Helena Bassler, Herald Teacher|Apr 9, 2020

    At the Morrisons Cove Herald, we know that there are some pretty awesome kids in the Cove. We want to meet YOU and show off your talents! If you have a piece of artwork (a drawing, painting, sculpture, a baked-good, anything) that you created and would like to show the Cove, send in a digital picture to news@mcheraldonline.com or a physical picture to 113 N. Market St, Martinsburg, PA 16662 for the chance to be published in the newspaper! Don’t forget to include a picture of your artwork, the name of your artwork, your first name, your age a...