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 two projects: a […]
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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 seconds Tuesday evening. […]
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 camping ban ordinance […]
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 Ward seat on […]
Downs, Hollingshead, Hunt: New names on the city council ballot
MORGANTOWN — Barring the unexpected, there will be a familiar face representing the city’s 4th Ward and newcomers representing the 2nd and 6th wards when the next iteration of Morgantown […]
Morgantown’s April election will include one contested race
MORGANTOWN — One of three ward races in the upcoming Morgantown municipal election will be contested. Monday was the deadline for hopeful Morgantown City Council candidates to submit their nominating […]
Kawecki will not seek a sixth council term in city’s 2nd Ward
MORGANTOWN — With a brief, eight-word statement at the end of Tuesday’s Morgantown City Council meeting, longtime 2nd Ward Councilor Bill Kawecki officially ended any speculation about his plans for […]
Morgantown BZA clears liquor licenses for two downtown businesses
MORGANTOWN — In consecutive meetings this fall, the Morgantown Board of Zoning Appeals has approved the “restaurant, private club” designation for two new additions to downtown Morgantown. According to city […]
Dozens turn out to address potential encampment law
MORGANTOWN — The expansion of city laws prohibiting sleeping and camping beyond park property was not actually on Tuesday’s Morgantown City Council agenda. It was, however, on everybody’s mind. A […]
MUB CSOs ‘the elephant in the room’ for Deckers Creek recreation project
A six-month, $18,000 feasibility study is underway to determine whether the section of Deckers Creek running from Sabraton to the Monongahela River could support a recreational amenity. As initially reported […]
