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Shop local for holidays

The hustle of Black Friday and the more subdued bustle of Small Business Saturday are already behind us, but that doesn’t mean it’s too late to shop local. For the many of us who don’t complete our Christmas to-do list by the end of Thanksgiving weekend, there are still 27 shopping ...

Support Small Business Saturday by shopping local

The month of November brings along the celebration of Small Business Saturday in the Morgantown community. Small businesses have been a part of retail communities for years, originally being the primary form of shopping before large corporations and retail companies began to grow. The reason ...

What can save restaurants? Hospitality

by Karen Stabiner COVID-19 and inflation have knocked restaurants to their knees, and everyone with a vested interest, from owner to chef to server to customer, seems to have an opinion on how to get them up and running again. Permanent “parklet” dining will save the day. Meal ...

Where did all the workers go? Some of them bought the farm

LIGONIER, Pa. — For the last 47 years, the farmers market located along the old Lincoln Highway has drawn a good-sized crowd to the open field where it sits here on the edge of this Westmoreland County town. This year, thanks to a combination of the psychological after-effects of the ...

Not too late to visit the summer farmers markets

Apparently Mother Nature has decided summer is over. This past week has distinctly felt more like autumn, with days dawning cool and temperatures only rising to the mid-70s to low 80s. Or maybe we’re getting the spring we missed out on — it felt like we went straight from winter to ...

Tax holiday is your opportunity to save

If you need to do any kind of back-to-school shopping, this is the weekend to do it. As of yesterday and extending through Monday, West Virginia is having a sales tax holiday on back-to-school related items, which means you won’t be charged the 6% (or 7% within certain municipalities) tax ...