As a result of global warnings and the declared National Emergency related to COVID-19, the Rotary Club of Martinsburg is suspending meetings for two weeks. On Sunday you should have received an email from District Governor Swan Stull recommending we consider canceling our meetings. “I am recommending that clubs not meet in person for two...
Programs: Last week – Dr. Rich Cassucio spoke in costume as Dr. Benjamin Rush, little-known Founding Father who instigated the Boston Tea Party after being radicalized by the passage of the Stamp Act that imposed huge taxes on written material coming from abroad. He cast the deciding vote for independence from England, he believed in education...
Programs: Last week – Mark Baldwin, Martinsburg City Manager This Week: Dr. Rich Cassucio, George Washington and Colonial American Medicine March 12 Tony Martirano, Studio123 and the Arts in Berkeley County March 19 Chief Maury Richards, Martinsburg Police Department March 26 Donna Van Metre, James Rumsey Technical Institute April 2 Kaitlyn Smith, Good Times Show Choir April 9 Tony Zelenka, CEO, Berkeley...
Programs: Last week – David Welch is the Inaugural Director of The Bonnie and Bill Stubblefield Institute for Civil Political Communications at Shepherd University. It was created with a $1 million gift from the Stubblefields. The three pillars of the institute are Listen, Learn, Engage. A couple goals are to get people talking about politics and...
Programs: Last week – Charlotte Norris shared with us the story of the Green Hill Historic African-American Cemetery on E. Burke Street. It is known to be the final resting place of at least 100 people, with some burials as early as 1850. There is a group of individuals actively working to care for the site. This...