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I (used to) love New York

I was a teenager when I first visited New York. The flight cost $15 on the Eastern Airlines Shuttle from Washington, D.C. You could buy your ticket from a flight attendant on board. She (and it was always a she back then) would roll a cart down the aisle with a credit card device on ...

Help city stay on top of problems

In mid-November, the City of Morgantown launched the Morgantown 311 app so residents could quickly let it know about various issues around town. When you first open the app, a homepage greets you with a “City of Morgantown” banner and the number of issues fixed since the app first ...

Alderson man charged in beating death of wife

A Greenbrier County man is in custody charged in the beating death of his wife. According to a criminal complaint, Zach Dawson, 34, of Alderson, admitted to killing Marissa Dawson during a violent argument that extended over several hours from Thanksgiving night to early Friday morning. ...

The crime issue returns for midterms

by Steven Roberts This New York Times headline captures an important inflection point in the current political campaign: “G.O.P. Redoubles Efforts to Tie Democrats to High Crime Rates.” With less than six weeks left before the midterm elections, battle lines are drawn. ...

As a white teen, I got second chances

Many of my Black students today do not by Adam Schwartz When I was 15, I smoked a joint with a friend. High and goofy, we wandered into a grocery store in D.C. where I unsealed a bag of Pepperidge Farm cookies and started crunching away. My friend — worried about going home ...