Forget the toilet paper. What’s for lunch? Well, a day from now, it will be instant oatmeal, macaroni and cheese, peanut butter and jelly (along with bread, of course, for […]
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Former St. Francis football coach Tony Fragale dies at 70
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Looking back, the gridiron fates weren’t aligning for the St. Francis High football team — or heartland rocker John Mellencamp — that day. It goes back to […]
School placed on lockdown; 4 students receive Prudential Spirit of Community Awards for volunteer service
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 […]
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 […]
