MORGANTOWN – Morgantown City Hall’s meeting chamber was packed on Dec. 17, 2013, as concerned entrepreneurs and their supporters turned out overwhelmingly opposed to new laws regulating mobile vendors on […]
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History’s future: City contemplating what’s next for growing museum
MORGANTOWN – Morgantown City Councilor Joe Abu-Ghannam said he’s made keeping up with the latest offerings at the Morgantown History Museum a pretty regular part of his ventures downtown in […]
City fears legislative restrictions on funding sources, local control
MORGANTOWN – “It seems as if there’s no shortage of ways that people want to try to mess with municipalities and the way they govern themselves,” Delegate John Williams, D-Monongalia, […]
Miller recommends MUB begin providing quarterly updates to council
MORGANTOWN – Earlier this week, Morgantown City Manager Jamie Miller approached the Morgantown Utility Board with a “recommendation.” “I would like to discuss with Mr. McNulty setting forward a schedule […]
Morgantown making combined utilities a priority talking point
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 byproduct of a […]
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 long way in […]
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 response to a […]
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 who say they’d […]
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 project. Even so, […]
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 a $3,237,685 budget […]
