FAIRMONT – Fairmont State University wants to say hello to you all over again. “Meet Me on the Hill,” is the theme for this week’s Homecoming festivities at the school’s main campus, which sits on a wooded rise overlooking Locust Avenue in the Marion County city. The annual return ...
FAIRMONT – From 1938 through the late 1970s, the Friday night lights couldn’t have glowed brighter across Fairmont and Marion County. The county then boasted seven high schools, and all occasionally played their “home” games at East-West Stadium. East-West is the masonry marvel on ...
FAIRMONT – Strike 2. Proponents asking for funding to help with a baseball turf project at Mary Lou Retton Park whiffed again in front of the Marion County Board of Education this week. It was the second consecutive time in two meetings board members said no to the $750,000 ask, which ...
FAIRMONT – Students at Fairmont State University filed into classes Monday for the first day of the fall semester. That very act made for a tall order, President Mike Davis told faculty and staffers during a welcome back breakfast last week. Everything, the president said, from ...
FAIRMONT – Call it a pragmatic riff on “Field of Dreams.” That is, if you’re going to re-turf the baseball fields at Mary Lou Retton Park, you might want to get set on how much you’re willing to spend – first. Marion County’s Board of Education was on deck with that ...
FAIRMONT – Samantha Godbey’s shelves in her office and at home are heaping with books. And, like most people who enjoy turning pages, the Fairmont State University administrator – she directs the Civics Institute and coaches the debate team – can always relate the ...