Mountaineer Middle School was placed on a “working lockdown” at the height of that police standoff Tuesday afternoon on North Willey Street. That was the word from Mon Schools Superintendent […]
Author: Jim Bissett/ The Dominion Post
Music and Meatballs
MHS band parents prepare for annual fundraising dinner Bravo, Meatball Maestra Jennifer Ellison, bravo. The Morgantown High School band mom mixes it up daily (in a good way) with her […]
Breaking down barriers: Interfaith association strives to forge empathy
If you want to break down a barrier, you might want to break bread, first. That’s long been the recipe of the Greater Morgantown Interfaith Association — the group that […]
Old-school orchestra: UHS group plays at music educators’ conference
The symphony orchestra of University High School plays “old.” That is, the sonic output of the 63-member assemblage doesn’t necessarily sound like the work of teenaged musicians still learning their […]
Jack Britton honored; foundations board of trustees member retires after 34 years
A slender guy in a suit with no tie nursed his drink Wednesday afternoon at the Erickson Alumni Center and gave a little grin. “They said they wanted to ‘do […]
Incoming cookies: Girl Scouts soon to be delivering boxes of the treats you ordered
You’ll soon be saying hi again to the Samoas. While getting reacquainted with a box (or four) of Thin Mints. Ditto, for the reunion with the Do-si-dos. Yep, the Girl […]
Solar System project example of Montessori method
MORGANTOWN — Just how big is Jupiter, anyway? Do this: Put a basketball — and a grape — next to one another on a table. In terms of interstellar scale, […]
Gee comments on pair of recent shootings
MORGANTOWN — WVU President Gordon Gee wrote a letter to the university community Sunday — following a weekend that saw one student killed and another injured in acts of gun […]
‘Leapers’ share birthday memories and plans
What kid wouldn’t leap at the chance to get out of school so she could spend the day at Disneyland? That’s how Jenny Williams remembers her childhood in southern California. […]
Pray, Fast, Give
St. John University Parish hosts Ash Wednesday service Erin Langan brushed her blonde hair back from her forehead Wednesday afternoon, so the ashes would show. They were a visual reminder, […]
