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Aug. 4 letters to the editor

Colebank grateful for community support It has taken me a few days of trying to find the words to describe the events of this past Friday. Hopefully I can do them justice. To start, thank you so much to Mayor Sharon Doyle for planning the spaghetti dinner for me. To all the people that ...

City's proposed camping ban leans on existing MPD policy

MORGANTOWN — At the heart of Article 1157 is General Order 339.  Article 1157, titled “camping on public property,” is the proposed citywide ban on camping or using “camp paraphernalia” on any public property in Morgantown.  As the latest, and boldest, new ...

Council votes 4-3 to consider camping ban

MORGANTOWN -- The crowd was overwhelming, and the proceedings were, at times, a bit raucous by public meeting standards.  Even so, Morgantown City Council walked away from Tuesday’s committee of the whole session with a 4-3 vote in favor of considering Article 1157, which, if ultimately ...

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 crowd well beyond the capacity of the city’s meeting chamber spilled out ...

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