Wednesday was Earth Day, the 50th anniversary of the post-Aquarian, environmental happening in 1970. By rights, the environment for acknowledging that day shouldn’t have been very harmonious […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
BOE responds to school closures announcement
That sigh of relief you heard Tuesday afternoon came from the offices of the Monongalia County Board of Education. Make that, an inevitable sigh of relief, Mon […]
Mon County high school seniors given graduation choices
Never mind that English paper you forgot to turn in for that big, big grade. Or those student fees you never quite got around to paying. For […]
Mon BOE to consider levy rates at tonight’s meeting
Pandemics don’t care about property values. That’s why members of the Monongalia County Board of Education are meeting in special session today. Levy rates will be the […]
1918 Spanish Flu and its impact on Morgantown
History doesn’t repeat itself, Mark Twain supposedly said, but it often rhymes. Jessica Eichlin gave a little laugh last week as she tried to conjure the exact […]
Promise scholarship extended to October
COVID-19 brought a note to the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission on Friday. In response to the pandemic that has closed high schools and colleges across […]
Groups virtually talk renovations, new buildings
Could a new high school solely devoted to STEM and career technical education pursuits make the grade in Monongalia County? That’s what the district would like to […]
FFA hosts Ham and Bacon Sale
The next time you regard a pandemic-empty shelf in a grocery store, consider what will ensue in the virtual world, come April 23. That’s when the (electronic) […]
Tree of Life Congregation offers live streams of Passover services
That grocery receipt in Rabbi Joe Hample’s hand a couple of weeks back was a revelation.It showed that he made it through self-checkout — without ringing up […]
High schools forced to rethink prom, graduation
Don’t cancel that corsage just yet. Or the mortarboard, or the tassel either. While COVID-19 has forced Monongalia County’s three high schools to postpone prom and graduation, […]
