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WIC Kitchen: Get kids to eat their veggies with these delicious dishes

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In these times, with families struggling with grocery bills and also having the desire to do better for the planet, food waste is becoming a more prominent topic.   According to the Environmental Protection Agency, one third of all food in the United States goes uneaten. EPA data also shows an estimate that in 2019, about 96% of wasted food ended up in landfills, combustion facilities or down a drain into a sewer system.   Composting can help, but the first step to lowering food waste is to be mindful when shopping and also to tackle leftovers that do end up in ...

Emergency shelter transition to be complete by early September

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MORGANTOWN — The hand-off of the emergency shelter in Hazel’s House of Hope from Bartlett Housing Solutions to Catholic Charities West Virginia is on pace to be complete in the next three-to-four weeks.  Catholic Charities President and CEO Mark Phillips told The Dominion Post ...

City awards bid to clear Richwood development area

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MORGANTOWN — The city of Morgantown, the Monongalia County Development Authority, the Monongalia County Commission, WVU and various stakeholders have spent three-plus years laying the groundwork for the 10-acre Richwood redevelopment.  The time has finally come to clear the ...

Morgantown Arts Walk: High Street comes alive with local artists and vendors

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Main Street Morgantown hosted another Arts Walk Saturday, saying the monthly events are  better than ever thanks to funding from the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History and the National Endowment for the Arts.  The walks run for four hours and feature area artists and crafters, allowing them to show and sell their wares and giving the public a chance to see what they have to offer.  Saturday also featured music by Dem Donkey Boys and Power Forward.   Three more Arts Walks are scheduled this year. They are  Sept. 14, Oct. 19 and Nov. ...

‘It Ends with Us’ doesn’t go deep enough to portray abuse properly

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CONTENT WARNING: This film and review discuss situations of domestic violence. If you are in an abusive situation, help is available. You can get help by calling 1-800-799-HELP.  Colleen Hoover’s book “It Ends With Us” lived at the top of the New York Times Bestseller list, so it is unsurprising that it received a film adaptation. I will say up front that I have not read the book, so I can’t speak to how well it is adapted, but I have to say that the movie doesn’t have me rushing to catch up on the source material.  Lily Blossom Bloom (Blake Lively) is about to ...

Rabies oral vaccine bait drop dates set for August

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Five years ago, Monongalia County Health Department hosted a group of wildlife staffers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Elkins to discuss rabies.  Cases had been creeping up and, at the same time, the area treated by the USDA’s oral rabies vaccine (ORV) distribution program had mostly been moved away from Monongalia County.  MCHD officials asked the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to move the program, in which the ORV baits are dropped from aircraft over specific areas, back to Monongalia County.  The USDA agreed and ...