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Morgantown Dish: Eatery teaches pizza making from the Old Country

Co-owner Nick DeMedici’s Pizza Napoletana course, held at his restaurant Nonno Carlo, is truly seeped in Italian tradition — and a 22-page official International Regulation document for the recipe.   The tale of how Nick’s family arrived in the United States is similar to other Italians’ history here. In 1907, Nick’s great-grandfather Pasquale came to Morgantown from the Abruzzo region of Italy, the rural geography and its mountainscapes comparable to that of West Virginia. Twenty-six years after he arrived on Ellis Island, Pasquale was granted citizenship. Only 20 ...

Holly Lane specializes in single-origin chocolate

Chocolate and wine may be frequently paired together, but otherwise seem quite dissimilar. That is, however, until you dig down into how both indulgent substances are made. As with wine, chocolate’s deep, rich flavor is produced by the chemical changes that occur during fermentation (using cacao pods, not grapes, naturally). Single-origin chocolates, or chocolates made with cacao beans from a single geographic area, have distinct flavor profiles created by each region’s unique climate, soil and fermentation process. For those used to the homogenous taste of Hershey’s products, ...

Here comes the sun, at Fawley Music: Sabraton business going 100% solar

Walk in at Fawley Music on any given day and you’ll likely hear it. The hot guitar solo. Or, the attempted hot guitar solo, whenever a customer plugs one in on the showroom floor and lets ‘er rip. In coming days, those customers will be plugging in, in an entirely different way. That’s because the music store in Sabraton that has been part of Morgantown’s business soundtrack for more than 90 years is going solar. “Yeah, they’re getting ready to get back up on the roof now,” store associate Alex Rhodes said Thursday morning. "The rain slowed them up a little ...

The Good Feet Store helps keep arches happy

When our distant ancestors evolved to walk on two feet, those feet had to work doubly hard. Feet had to do a little evolving themselves, developing arches, a characteristic that other apes lack.This complex system of bones, ligaments and tendons gives the foot the necessary strength and flexibility to achieve a bipedal gait. Because the feet and arches bear so much weight and pressure, they are susceptible to injury and dysfunction. According to the American Podiatric Medical Association, 77% of Americans have experienced foot pain, which can restrict activities like walking, exercising ...

Hope Gas proposes $6.08 monthly residential rate hike in new PSC filing

MORGANTOWN — Hope Gas residential customers could see their bill rise by $6.08 per month under a proposal submitted to the Public Service Commission. The figure is included in Hope's annual Pipeline Replacement and Expansion Program (PREP) filing. The hike represents a 6.34% increase ...

Corporate Cup offers friendly competition

Let’s say your workplace is still remote only and you’re tired of looking at the four walls in your home office. Or, perhaps, your workplace is a hybrid model, so time spent with coworkers is few and far between.  Maybe you’re back at work full-time, but the office is cramped ...