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Born Learning Trail coming to Krepps

Last week, a group of women volunteers worked at Krepps Park to start installing posts for a new, educational trail that will wind around the playground area. The volunteers, many of whom were part of Women United, an affinity group of the United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counties, ...

What if we tried traveling summer pop-up markets?

After a cold and dreary start to spring, we’re finally starting to see weather that almost looks like summer.  And like the perennial flowers in well-tended gardens, the local farmers markets have sprung up again — which got us thinking. Last year, in the thick of the pandemic, ...

The Painting is on the Walls

Newsroom@DominionPost.com   Two out of three downtown murals commissioned by the Main Street Morgantown Design Committee are now complete.  The Eddie Spaghetti Art creation makes a colorful backdrop for the 430 Spruce Street Pocket Park, which Mills Group designed for the ...

Morgantown needs its own sister city parks

We reported a couple weeks ago that Morgantown City Council approved $15,000 for an eco-park project in our sister city, Xuzhou, China. The greenspace will be influenced by the geography of Morgantown, with a grid of sidewalks based on our downtown streets and water features inspired by the ...

Mon commission seeks directors for its park facilities

Monongalia County Commission may be buying a couple help-wanted ads soon. The commission is seeking a park supervisor to oversee its network of parks across the county, and another director to help plan events at the 4-H Extension building at Mylan Park. Both hires would report directly ...

Playground, fencing part of Krepps Park improvements

MORGANTOWN -- Whether you’re taking the kiddo or Fido (or both),  BOPARC has projects under way aimed at improving your Krepps Park experience. The agency is working with Alco Fence on a $24,000 effort to replace just under 800 feet of perimeter fencing for the Krepps Dog ...