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May 14 letters to the editor

Consequences of anti-LGBTQ sentiment  Sadly, two major stories in this week’s The Dominion Post seem related.  Huggins’ inability to use sensitivity in describing incidents involving a college basketball rivalry in his past and demeaning not only Catholics, but persons who ...

If Mon Power buys Pleasants, only the shareholders win

“So when the company makes money the profit all goes to the stockholders and management, but when they lose money (by not investing in new tech) they want bailout cash from ‘the little people?’ I don’t think so.”   The anonymous comment above, submitted to the Public Service ...

Council amends, adopts MUB's water, sewer rate increases

MORGANTOWN -- Morgantown City Council approved water, sewer and stormwater rate increases for customers of the Morgantown Utility Board on Tuesday, but it took some doing. Council voted 5-2, with Ixya Vega and Brian Butcher voting in the minority, to approve a 13% increase to water ...

Council taps Abu-Ghannam to fill 1st Ward vacancy

MORGANTOWN — As one of five candidates interviewed to fill Morgantown City Council’s 1st Ward vacancy, Joe Abu-Ghannam said he wasn’t sure what to expect when council sat in special session Tuesday evening to make its selection.  But judging from his reaction after the meeting, ...

Council to fill 1st Ward opening, talk MUB rate increases

MORGANTOWN — Less than a month into the term, Morgantown City Council is facing its first major decision — one that will alter the makeup of the city’s policy-making body for the next two years. Council is expected to select a 1st Ward representative when it convenes in special ...