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Marion BOE bids farewell to retiring member Boyles

FAIRMONT – There were two George Boyles answering roll at Monday’s meeting of the Marion County Board of Education. The present-day George Boyles wielded the gavel one final time as BOE president. He chose not to seek reelection in the May primary after a four-year ...

East End Village project needs to align financing ‘or radically change’

MORGANTOWN – Six years ago, the Monongalia County Development Authority financed $11.8 million to purchase 10 acres of property for redevelopment on the doorstep of downtown Morgantown along Richwood Avenue. Two years ago, the MCDA joined Dave Biafora, the project’s master developer, ...

City’s land reuse agency preparing to market lower Greenmont property

MORGANTOWN – For more than two years now, the Morgantown Land Reuse and Preservation Agency has largely focused its efforts on acquiring property along Pennsylvania Avenue in lower Greenmont. It’s nearly ready to put some of that property on the market. During its most recent ...

MUB approves utility budgets totaling $45 million for 2027 fiscal year

MORGANTOWN –  The Morgantown Utility Board on Tuesday approved its operating budgets for the 2027 fiscal year, which begins July 1. The budgets anticipate total revenues of $45,082,362 spread across four utilities – water ($18,718,255); sewer ($20,095,805); Cheat Lake sewer ...