As we saw nights dip into freezing temperatures, we were so relieved that someone had stepped up to host the warming shelter that we offered our thanks […]
Tag: Hazel's House of Hope
Nov. 19 letters to the editor
Editor’s note: Send us a letter to be published in the Thanksgiving Day newspaper sharing what you are grateful for this year. Letters should be 200 words […]
Hope Hill Sobering Center Board in talks to host winter warming shelter
MORGANTOWN — It looks as if Morgantown’s winter warming shelter is headed back to Hazel’s House of Hope after all. The board of directors for Hope Hill […]
Morgantown must find a warming shelter before winter
While we applaud Bartlett House for adding beds to its shelter for the winter, we are disappointed that no one has stepped up to provide a warming […]
Home football games have no impact on sobering center numbers
MORGANTOWN — Despite massive crowds, a prime-time kickoff and some 250 calls to MECCA 911 in one six-hour span, a single person ended up being transported to […]
Lauren’s Wish celebrates triage center grand opening
When Michael Cole made a promise to his daughter Lauren to one day do something to help kids and people struggling with substance abuse, he did not […]
A place you go for hope
Community supporting community. Every day this happens at Hazel’s House of Hope (HHH) in Morgantown. The concept of HHH is a fairly new idea when it comes […]
Lauren’s Wish: ‘We’ve still got a long way to go’
As a student at University High School, Lauren Cole’s most-coveted fashion accessory, so it appeared, was the No. 8 jersey she wore while starring on the girls […]
‘If this community cannot solve this problem, then no community can’
MORGANTOWN — Janette Lewis said this winter’s warming shelter experience has demonstrated the overwhelming level of need for low-barrier shelters as an option for unhoused individuals in […]
Health Right clinic move on hold, Friendship House shutting down
MORGANTOWN — In September 2021, the city of Morgantown approached Milan Puskar Health Right with an offer — agree to move the clinic (341 Spruce Street) and […]
