WVU’s Personal Rapid Transit is back in action, after a rockslide Feb. 10 on Monongahela Boulevard suspended service on a portion of the roadway. During the slide, a piece of boulder hit a PRT car on the track between the Engineering and Beechurst stations. The university stated in a ...
Learning at Trinity Christian School was hands-on Wednesday, when fourth-graders hosted a wax museum. During the educational project, kids dressed up as influential Americans. Visitors were able to have the figures — portrayed by students — come to life. Guests could then ask up ...
Do you believe new or updated school facilities impact the economic development of Monongalia County? Will Mon’s current schools be able to adapt to the needs of the average student, say, three decades from now? For that matter, will brick-and-mortar school buildings even be necessary, come then? The above is just a sampling of the brow-furrowers related to life in Monongalia County Schools that groups of teachers, principals, students and others took up Wednesday. Said groups met in sessions to discuss the re-tweaking of the district’s Comprehensive Education Facilities Plan, ...
It’s been two years since a Monongalia County magistrate awarded $10,000 to Mark Stephens, a landlord who sued Candice Holgorsen, ex-wife of former WVU football coach Dana Holgorsen, for breaking a lease and causing damage to his townhouse. Last month, in a different case brought by Rodney Poland, a judge ordered the Holgorsens to pay $22,625 for back rent and damage caused to a Cheat Lake home. That judgment was awarded by default because neither defendant responded to the suit. That outcome didn’t surprise Stephens, he said, because the same thing happened to him — and he still ...
The Mountaineer Mall was a litte more magical than usual Sunday, when Morgantown Dance hosted its annual The Prince and Princess Party. The organization’s annual fundraiser is a day of crafts, games, food and fairytale characters. With an average attendance of 200 children, the party ...
The four existing excess levies active in Monongalia County — public transit, parks/trails, volunteer fire departments and public libraries — are in the process of getting renewal language placed on the May primary ballot. Ballot language for each has been passed to the Monongalia County Commission, which simply took receipt before passing it along to the West Virginia Auditor’s Office for review. The Commission has not taken any official action on the levies yet. Of six levies put before voters in 2016, the four listed above received the 60% approval needed for passage. Each is ...
