🌱 Great Cacapon mourns community volunteer and musician Sally Partridge Berman

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In today's newsletter:

• Great Cacapon mourns community volunteer and musician Sally Partridge Berman

Also on today's calendar: Purcellville Music and Arts Festival and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Clearing, a shower; warmer, with a high of 74 and low of 46 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and warmer, temps: high: 81, low: 48.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy and very warm, with a high of 79 and low of 50 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Sally Partridge Berman (morganmessenger.com) — Longtime Great Cacapon resident Sally Partridge Berman, a devoted community volunteer and accomplished cellist, passed away at home on April 15. She and her husband Jerry made their river cabin in Great Cacapon their retirement home, while she stayed active in Berkeley Springs music, church, and anti-violence work. Friends are invited to honor her through gifts to local organizations.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Great Cacapon

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 25

• Purcellville Music and Arts Festival
  250 S. Nursery Ave., Purcellville
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday May 8

• Master Gardeners of Morgan County 26th Annual Plant Fair
  Berkeley Springs State Park , 2 S Washington St , Berkeley Springs
  9:00 am
• Master Gardeners of Morgan County Plant Fair
  Berkeley Springs State Park , 2 S Washington St , Berkeley Springs
  9:00 am
• Sleepy Creek Spring Fling Fest - LKE, The Plate Scrapers, The Dishonest Fiddlers, David Via & Corn Tornado, + more
  Sleepy Creek Family Campground , 150 Joshua Ln , Berkeley Springs
  12:00 pm

Monday May 11

• Grant Committee Meeting
  Town of Bath Municipal Center , 271 Wilkes St suite b , Berkeley Springs
  4:30 pm

Wednesday May 13

• Water Committee Meeting
  Town of Bath Municipal Center , 271 Wilkes St suite b , Berkeley Springs
  4:00 pm

Thursday May 14

• OnTrac Meeting
  Town of Bath Municipal Center , 271 Wilkes St suite b , Berkeley Springs
  4:00 pm

Saturday May 16

• Bringing in the May Faerie Festival 2026
  Berkeley Springs State Park , 2 S Washington St , Berkeley Springs
  5:00 pm
• Wellvis plays the May Day Faerie Festival
  Morgan Arts Council's Ice House , 138 Independence St , Berkeley Springs
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• NBRT Committee Meeting
  Town of Bath Municipal Center , 271 Wilkes St suite b , Berkeley Springs
  4:00 pm

Tuesday May 5

• Council Meeting
  Town of Bath Municipal Center , 271 Wilkes St suite b , Berkeley Springs
  5:30 pm

Wednesday May 6

• Bath Development Authority Meeting
  Town of Bath Municipal Center , 271 Wilkes St suite b , Berkeley Springs
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Commercial Metals Company posted a job opening for Shipping & Inventory Operator in Martinsburg. Apply here.
• Macy's, Inc. posted a job opening for Housekeeping Associate, West Virginia - Full Time in Martinsburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Great Cacapon here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Hedgesville

• Eagles use late runs to knock off Cougars (journal-news.net)
• West Virginia man dies after motorcycle crash (heraldmailmedia.com)
• Alert (tristatealert.com)

Martinsburg

• JKES taps next principal (winchesterstar.com)
• Valley Health Brings Elite Orthopedic Care to Winchester (thewinchestergazette.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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