The symphony orchestra of University High School plays “old.” That is, the sonic output of the 63-member assemblage doesn’t necessarily sound like the work of teenaged musicians […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
Jack Britton honored; foundations board of trustees member retires after 34 years
A slender guy in a suit with no tie nursed his drink Wednesday afternoon at the Erickson Alumni Center and gave a little grin. “They said they […]
Incoming cookies: Girl Scouts soon to be delivering boxes of the treats you ordered
You’ll soon be saying hi again to the Samoas. While getting reacquainted with a box (or four) of Thin Mints. Ditto, for the reunion with the Do-si-dos. […]
Solar System project example of Montessori method
MORGANTOWN — Just how big is Jupiter, anyway? Do this: Put a basketball — and a grape — next to one another on a table. In terms […]
Gee comments on pair of recent shootings
MORGANTOWN — WVU President Gordon Gee wrote a letter to the university community Sunday — following a weekend that saw one student killed and another injured in […]
‘Leapers’ share birthday memories and plans
What kid wouldn’t leap at the chance to get out of school so she could spend the day at Disneyland? That’s how Jenny Williams remembers her childhood […]
Pray, Fast, Give
St. John University Parish hosts Ash Wednesday service Erin Langan brushed her blonde hair back from her forehead Wednesday afternoon, so the ashes would show. They were […]
Head Start programs enlist extended family
Debbie Jones gave a “good/not-so good” report to Monongalia Board of Education members Tuesday night. The good news, said Jones, who directs early childhood programs for Mon’s […]
Mountainview Elementary upgrades library with $50K grant
Kevin Carnes laughed like everybody else when he heard it Monday morning at Mountainview Elementary School. Then he did some serious musing. “We ought to put that […]
Pioneering NASA mathematician and W.Va. native Katherine Johnson dies
When John Glenn said to “get the girl,” everyone knew exactly who he meant. It was 1962, and NASA, America’s then-fledgling space agency, was still finding its […]
