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Aug 27, 2024 | 
hampshirereview.com | Emma June Grosskopf
I don’t want to write anything about Matthew Trimble. I don’t want there to be any physical evidence on any laptop or in any newspaper anywhere that stands as glaring proof that he’ll never be able to read it. I don’t want to look this piece over when I think I’m done writing and have to edit the “Matthew is” to “Matthew was.”And I can’t stand talking about him using past tense like he’s already only a memory instead of my best friend.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
hampshirereview.com | Emma June Grosskopf
ROMNEY — At the County Commission meeting last Tuesday, Hampshire County Sheriff Nathan Sions and director of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Brian “Tad” Malcolm detailed a concerning development that was revealed during March 20’s day of wind and brush fires countywide: a “terminal” generator in the northeast end of the county.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
hampshirereview.com | Emma June Grosskopf
Adventure awaitsFor nearly five years, I’ve been hooting and hollering here in Hampshire County. You’ve seen me through apartment woes, budgeting questions, fashion disasters and bad dates. (It’s no secret that I like to laugh, and I’ve been doing a lot of it over the last four-and-a-half years.)Mostly, though, I’d like to say thank you. The folks over here at the Review aren’t the only ones who took a chance on an inexperienced, loudmouthed Virginia 22-year-old in September of 2019.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
hampshirereview.com | Emma June Grosskopf
ROMNEY — The community’s reaction to the news of the West Virginia Peach Festival has been anything but sweet. Reactions flared following a post last Wednesday from the festival’s Facebook page highlighting the change in venue. The festival’s origins are in Springfield, moving to Romney. Last year, the festival took place on the grounds of the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
hampshirereview.com | Emma June Grosskopf
ROMNEY — Special education and the school name discussion are the two biggest issues facing the Hampshire County school system right now, if you ask the three candidates for the two open school board seats this year.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
hampshirereview.com | Emma June Grosskopf
We live in an era right now that is blessed (or cursed, depending on your preference) with a podcast about everything. I know podcasts aren’t a new thing. I know they’ve been around a while. I have never, however, been a listener of podcasts. In my apartment, I constantly have my music playing. Music sometimes feels mindless to me, like something I don’t need to really focus on while I’m doing something else. Podcasts are different; they require more attention.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
wvnews.com | Emma June Grosskopf
ROMNEY, W.Va. (Hampshire Review) — Potomac Center CEO Rick Harshbarger, who has been at the facility now for almost 44 years, will be stepping into his next chapter when summer rolls around – retirement. Harshbarger was a young man from Piedmont (Mineral County) who graduated from college in 1980 with a degree in business administration when he applied for a “business manager” position advertised in The Piedmont Herald.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
hampshirereview.com | Emma June Grosskopf
ROMNEY — Bids will be opened Tuesday for the next phase of the work included in the school bond that passed in 2020 – renovations to Hampshire High School. While the three new elementary schools have taken shape at their locations in Romney, Slanesville and Augusta, HHS repairs here and there have been a part of the bond voters passed here four years ago. Take the completed project of replacing the exterior doors at the Sunrise Summit campus.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
hampshirereview.com | Emma June Grosskopf
I’m not the best at trivia. There are certain subjects – odd and specific though they may be – that I know a lot about, but on the whole with general trivia, I always end up performing stoutly in the middle of the pack. One of my best friends and I decided to take on the fundraising trivia event Friday night in Romney – each round’s theme seemed different enough from each other that even if I was stinky in one, I might be able to feel confident in another.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
hampshirereview.com | Emma June Grosskopf
Aquabanq says 20 production units could bring 150 jobsCAPON BRIDGE — Aquabanq, the shrimp farm that will soon bubble to the surface in Capon Bridge, hopes to break ground on its facility site work and excavation within the year. The company is currently in the throes of the permitting and design process, having hurdled several geographical challenges, and is already weighing opportunities for expansion.
