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Selin: City residents fed up with inconsistent trash, recycling service

MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Councilor Jenny Selin said her 4th Ward constituents are tired of paying for inconsistent service from trash and recycling hauler Republic Services — and they’re not alone. “I’ve had enough,” Selin said during the latest session of council, explaining that she recently met with representatives of the hauler along with, among others, City Manager Paul Brake and fellow council members Rachel Fetty and Barry Wendell. “This seems to have particularly affected those in the fourth and seventh wards, because we have the unlucky Friday service,” she ...

Simple pleasures fun to ponder

Yesterday, I sat and listened to several men in my office talk about sports for what felt like hours (but was, to be fair, probably more like 20 minutes). “I don’t think there’s anything I could go on about for that long,” I told my coworker Lindsey. “Well, food,” she told me. ...

Federal tax law: Here’s why medical cannabis needs vertical integration

MORGANTOWN — are working on a fix to HB 2079, the medical cannabis company vertical integration bill vetoed by the governor last month, to have it ready for the special session expected sometime before the end of May. Last week, The Dominion Post spoke with Michael Haid, a consultant and lobbyist who heads a medical cannabis investment group and has worked with legislators on the bill, to learn more about the legal and economic requirements that necessitate the bill, and how ignorance of the industry apparently prompted the veto. Haid also provided an array of materials from ...

Morgantown woman dies in Pa. crash on I-79

CANONSBURG, Pa. — A Morgantown woman was killed in a two-car accident, that authorities said was caused by one vehicle going the wrong way on an interstate in western Pennsylvania. The other driver was injured. The Washington County coroner’s office said the crash happened shortly before ...

City manager anticipates criticism of annexation report

Morgantown City Manager Paul Brake said the city’s administration has not withheld a report of potential annexation targets and relevant data since January in an attempt to be secretive, but because it needs time to prepare for what promises to be a complex and contentious process. The ...

Friends of Deckers cleans up creek bank, trail

Friends of Deckers Creek received a helping hand, or rather several, in an effort to brighten the path along the waterway the organization is named for. In collaboration with the Morgantown Tree Board and other organizations, FODC recruited volunteers to help clean up litter along the ...