MORGANTOWN – Morgantown native, TV host and soon-to-be space traveler Emily Calandrelli came to WVU Medicine Children's Tuesday to share her dreams, and her book, “Reach for the Stars.” “It just means so much to me to come back to my home state, my hometown, and try to connect with ...
Morgantown Art Association will conduct a watercolor workshop from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 3-6 at the gallery next to Animal Friends Thrift Shoppe at the Mountaineer Mall on Green Bag Road. The deadline for registration is Tuesday. Nationally known painter Mick McAndrews will be the instructor. Seating is limited, but there are still a few openings. The cost is $275 for non-members and $250 for members. To register for this workshop, send check, name, address, phone and email to: MAA: Tia Hunt, 5000 Green Bag Road, Morgantown, WV ...
Service League of Morgantown is kicking off the 17th year of its Charity Partner Program this week. The program encourages people to shop at the Old Stone House Gift Shop now through the end of the year and again for 11 days in January. Each week will feature an area charity to which Service League will donate 10% of its gross sales to that charity. Money from this week, will be donated to Empty Bowls. Scott’s Run Settlement House will be the recipient from Sept. 9-15. A unique retail space steeped in history and philanthropy, the Old Stone ...
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown needs more-affordable housing options. That seems to be a generally accepted statement. And it’s being repeated more and more in recent months as a thread intertwined in a wider conversation about how the city can and should address homelessness. The discussion inevitably leads to questions about what affordable housing should look like and — if new construction is part of the equation — where it could be located? That leads to another question. Did you know the Fairmont Morgantown Housing Authority — the agency ...
Dr. Brian H. Huggins hit the ground running when he joined Monongalia County Health Department as the incoming health officer on April 1. The health department has been undergoing a strategic plan process and Huggins stepped up to lead two town halls only six weeks after starting his new position. Huggins was seeing patients on days when retiring health officer Dr. Lee B. Smith, who officially stepped down June 30, was off. He immersed himself in other health department endeavors, including working toward achieving accreditation through the Public Health ...
For 14 years, ReTails, a nonprofit thrift store benefiting the Mountaineer Spay Neuter Assistance Program (MSNAP), has operated from the Morgantown Mall in Westover. But much like the items they sell and some of the animals they help, it was time for a new home. The store will officially open its doors at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4 at a new location in WesMon Plaza on Commerce Drive in Westover. The new location will be in the corner of the multi-store building to the left of the Big Lots entrance and to the right of Pizza Hut. Store Manager and ...
