MORGANTOWN – It’s not pleasant to think about, but combined sewer overflows are a fact of life in Morgantown. A combined sewer overflow, or CSO, is a […]
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City exploring Morgantown Mosaic civic pride grant program
MORGANTOWN — Civic pride starts at home. That’s to say the level of engagement and connection a person fosters within their street, block and neighborhood goes a […]
We need to do something: Councilors urge action on affordable housing
MORGANTOWN — “We need to start seeing some results,” Morgantown City Councilor Mark Downs said during council’s recent committee of the whole session. Downs’ comments came in […]
Policy makers want a closer look at plans to close Grumbein’s Island
MORGANTOWN — Sometimes you’ve just got to see it to believe it. So it goes with some members of the Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board […]
Morgantown Council opposes MARL
MORGANTOWN — In an odd bit of sequencing, Morgantown City Council voted 6-0 Tuesday to add its voice to those opposing the MidAtlantic Resiliency Link power transmission […]
Carryover accounting leaves Morgantown $3.2 million short
MORGANTOWN — The city of Morgantown is freezing 59% of its financial stabilization fund — representing $2 million — as a last-resort contingency measure in light of […]
MUB approves fix for sewer line impacting Deckers Creek
MORGANTOWN — It took the Morgantown Utility Board about 10 minutes Thursday afternoon to spend $900,000. In a brief emergency meeting, the board approved expenditures tied to […]
Council splits 4-3, selects Trumble over Abu-Ghannam for mayor
MORGANTOWN — If there were lingering questions about whether the city’s April election would shift the dynamics within Morgantown City Council, they were answered in about 75 […]
Voters support camping ban, pick Downs in 6th Ward
MORGANTOWN – After more than 300 days of debate, the votes are in. The camping ban stays. By a 78-vote margin, Morgantown’s voters supported implementation of the […]
Downs: I’m doing this because I love my hometown
MORGANTOWN — Mark Downs has a list of priorities and areas of focus he’d like to dive into should voters place him in Morgantown City Council’s 6th […]
