After the batteries in both megaphones died, the students just yelled louder. “Whose school is it?” “Our school!” “Whose school is it?” “Our school!” The discourse often […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
‘And my neighbors aren’t Ukrainian’: Ukrainians talk resolve, compassion
The sun’s setting rays caught rows of potted sunflowers strategically arranged on tables in front of WVU’s Mountainlair at the end of a mellow afternoon last May. […]
Nothing like a good book: State debuts literacy campaign for elementary students
It’s both the classroom adage and intellectual absolute: By third grade, a kid is no longer learning to read. He’s reading to learn. Or, he should be. […]
Mon school buildings damaged by last week’s weather
It was a relatively balmy 45 degrees Wednesday afternoon as Eddie Campbell Jr., worked through some paperwork in his office. Insurance paperwork, the Monongalia County Schools superintendent […]
Of blue jeans, drywall and ‘an instinct for the underdog’: Friends and colleagues remember Larry Starcher
It didn’t take long for the bona fides to start stacking up after that call, Phyllis Stewart said, Tuesday. She’s talking about the one that came in […]
It’s not just about the holidays: White House decorator says we’re all in this together
When Ed Keepers was a little kid back home in Bucks County, Pa., there was really only one place to go, to see Christmas lights and decorations. […]
Hanukkah 2022: ‘We all need a little light in the darkness’
It’s no small potatoes, getting a bunch of guys together in that tiny kitchen in that tiny synagogue like that, but Rich Cohen always finds a way […]
School districts detail achievements and work to be done before Mon BOE
Monongalia County Board of Education member Mike Kelly remembers his days as a student at University High School, when the building was located atop Price Street, overlooking […]
Holiday weather: ‘It’s the kind of cold you have to worry about,’ forecaster says
A fast-moving weather pattern coming in from the Midwest to the Mountain State is about to make your last-minute Christmas shopping cold, slippery and dangerous, even – […]
First word on 23: Mon Schools spelling bee is next month
Joe Paull, the late educator and community activist, used to patiently spell it out. “It’s not easy,” Paull once told The Dominion Post. “You’re in the arena, […]
