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MFD: Whitemoore Park fire remains under investigation

MORGANTOWN -- In a Wednesday evening press release, the Morgantown Fire Department said Tuesday’s fire in Whitemoore Park remains under investigation.  “Upon arrival at the scene, units encountered an approximately two-acre ground fire at the end of Forest Avenue,” the release ...

BOPARC ready to explore Morgantown green belt concept

MORGANTOWN -- A nice belt can bring the entire outfit together.   The Mon Valley Green Space Coalition is hoping to one day see a nice (green) belt bring all of Morgantown together.  A green belt is a non-motorized, or active, transportation network that surrounds and connects a ...

BOPARC releases details of project to remake lower Marilla Park

MORGANTOWN -- In the Chinese Zodiac, 2025 will be the year of the snake.  In Morgantown, it’ll be the year of Marilla Park.  An estimated $23.6 million worth of park improvements are expected to come online in that 12-month span.  BOPARC has released final renderings of ...

City, BOPARC to construct new bike skills track near Whitemoore Park

MORGANTOWN — BOPARC and the city of Morgantown will construct a new bike skills course known as a pump track on the land along the Deckers Creek Trail where BOPARC’s Valley Crossing storage building once sat.  The project will be financed through a $250,000 West Virginia Community ...

Preserving green space as the city continues to grow

As a relatively small-but-growing city, Morgantown now faces the same problems previously faced by bigger cities — which were once small-but-growing cities, too. Growth requires development: commercial spaces, residential buildings, parking, related infrastructure, etc. Development, ...

Tell their story: BOPARC to launch Creative Aging program

MORGANTOWN — If you had the chance to present the story of your life through movement, music, visual arts and storytelling, what would it look like? How would it sound?  How would it feel if you could share that experience with new friends developed during the incremental eight-week ...