MORGANTOWN — As the crow flies, lower Alpine Street is about 2,000 feet from Mon Health Medical Center. It’s a half-mile by car. It's located between Riddle Avenue and Bergamont Street, in the North Hills area. It’s less than a mile — about 4,000 feet — from W.Va. 705, ...
If you’re going to consolidate the community’s social services on a campus four miles from the city center, transportation must be a priority. The sentiment predates the launch of Hazel’s House of Hope in the former Ramada Inn hotel on Scott Avenue, but the question of how best ...
Julia Phillips can remember the Buckwheat Festival days of her childhood spent looking up to Queen Ceres, but never imagined herself standing in the queen's place, waving to a crowd of starry-eyed youth from a purple, silver and gold parade float. This week, years later, that’s exactly ...
Ella Seese grew up as one of five princesses in her family. That is, she and her four sisters have served on the Preston County Buckwheat Festival's children's court, reigned as junior and senior princesses alike, and now, Seese will serve as the First Maid of Honor to Queen Ceres ...
In previous years, William Estep has admired friends who served on the Preston County Buckwheat Festival’s Royalty Court and saw the ways their experiences on that court enriched their lives. For the 82nd Buckwheat Festival, Estep decided to step away from the sidelines and put himself out ...
A young girl at the Preston County Buckwheat Festival stands next to her mother, sharing a funnel cake. As they watch the Royalty Court's parade float pass by, the girl turns to her mother, declaring, "I want to be one of the princesses!" Barely a decade later, Olivia Coombs has followed ...
