Ariah Ben Yehuda was still trying to figure out Tuesday if his lunch order at the Morgantown Eat ’n Park really was a metaphor of Western abundance and exuberance. Or […]
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Hoop Dreams: Elks Lodge 411 setting up for another free-throw competition Saturday
Basketball free throws as a metaphor for life and success? “Of course,” Jon Kline said. “You’re out there, all by yourself. And you have to earn it. No one’s going […]
Mon Schools readying for district-wide testing in coming weeks
The holiday break is over, and that means testing will soon be in full bloom for Monongalia County Schools. Writing assessments for students in grades 3-8 will be from March […]
Mayo, with a Mon County commissioner on the side?
Monongalia County commissioner Tom Bloom loves spreading the word about Pantry Plus More. Now, as it turns out, he just might have to spread the mayo, too. Or have it […]
State Department of Education ready for 2024 Academic Showdown
The Academic Showdown will soon be upon the intellectual terrain in West Virginia. That’s the name of the cerebral competition fronted by the state Department of Education. Student teams in […]
Life, without a helmet: Former MHS teacher Tony Zack, whose combat experience inspired a Hollywood movie, starred in real life after the war
Tony Zack never lost his head on the battlefield that day, even as an enemy bullet pierced his helmet – only to ricochet around, in a relatively harmless way. It […]
Mon Schools, 2023: Special-ed discipline woes and a ‘Renaissance’ in STEM education
Monongalia County Schools went into the year talking about buildings and will close out the year – talking about buildings. Several facilities in the district sustained damage of varying levels […]
Area food bank gets a bowl win, also
Don’t hold the mayo at Pantry Plus More. Pantry Plus More is the food bank in Westover that got to spread out, as it were, with some surprise national TV […]
Driving ambition: Morgantown’s Tony Palmer now a NASCAR chief engineer
The ink was barely dry on his WVU diploma when Tony Palmer floored it for Charlotte on that June day 14 years ago. Well, for the record, he didn’t exactly […]
Mon BOE: Renaissance Academy would ‘give our kids a chance to dream’
If you want to soup up the ride, you have to pay for the parts. That’s essentially what Monongalia County Board of Education members were saying last week as they […]
