MORGANTOWN — A citywide ban on camping or using “camp paraphernalia” on any public property will be up for discussion when Morgantown City Council convenes for Tuesday’s committee-of-the-whole session. Included on the posted meeting agenda is an ordinance creating a new article ...
Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation and Cotton On announced their $3 million funding of 65 youth-centered organizations across 10 countries through the Kindness in Community Fund. This is among the largest funding efforts to provide direct support for youth mental health across the world. From nominations to the initial review to selecting the shortlist, all the way to the final selection, young people in each region were engaged at each step, ensuring their input and perspectives were central to the decision-making process and reflecting their genuine needs and priorities ...
With summer in full swing, we are making day trips and little weekend trips with our family to make this a fun-filled summer for the kids. My kiddos are 6 and almost 2 years old, so they are starting to enjoy amusement parks and rides. This week, we are taking the them to Knoebels in Elysburg, Pa. This is the perfect little starter amusement park, in my opinion. It is free admission and you pay for ride tickets like you would at a carnival. It has a great little kid section, big kid/adult rides, and even a pool with water slides and a splash ...
KINGWOOD — A short story titled, “2036” by Kingwood resident Lynn Housner recently won an award in the history category in the Next Generation Short Story Awards. The awards program is open to writers around the world writing original short stories in English (5,000 words or less) that have not been previously published. The awards program also offers 30-plus categories and provides the opportunity to have stories considered for cash prizes, gold medals and inclusion in an annual Anthology of Winners. “My story is an Orwellian type, an update of George ...
MORGANTOWN — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito told The Dominion Post on Thursday that the Senate Appropriations Committee has marked up and sent to the full Senate an appropriations bill that includes $26 million for the Morgantown Industrial Park bridge and access road project. Capito is a ...
The Preston County Antique Tractor and Machinery Association will host a show Saturday and Sunday at the Reedsville Volunteer Fire Department. Gates will open at 7 a.m. There will be toys, flea market items, old coins and currency, ice cream, home baked goods, crafts, antiques, tools and food for sale. There will be a live auction at 6 pm. Saturday and a parade beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday. Saturday’s events will include a children’s straw coin search at noon, nail driving contest at 1 p.m., balloon throwing contest at 1:30 p.m., cake ...
