Her voice was already taking on its signature rasp, and with her natural comedic timing, it would have been little kid-funny, anyway – even if she didn’t […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
Brawl in the Family: A tale of the goalpost, the philosopher and a certain football game
Henry, Freddie, Mousey and Fish could tell you all about it — if you had a time machine. We’re talking about the Backyard Brawl, the storied college […]
Mon Schools has drivers for its buses — but just barely
Put Tony Harris behind a big steering wheel, and you’ve got a happy man. That, he did for 20 years as a school bus driver in Preston […]
Mon school district directing seniors to academic life — after high school
Last week’s news on the college-going rate for high school seniors from the Class of 2021 in West Virginia didn’t surprise Donna Talerico, the deputy superintendent of […]
An American moment, in Morgantown: Traveling couple takes the pulse of the nation in photographs and ledger entries
It’s hard not to be intrigued, and even harder to resist, when Linda and Robert Kalman approach you. There’s Linda, with her Midwestern geniality and folksy friendliness. […]
Mon Schools: Weapons detectors may occasionally be placed at home football games this fall — as part of overall testing of the devices
Now that school is back in session and football is again upon the land, will the weapons detectors purchased earlier by Monongalia County’s Board of Education be […]
Teachable lunch: First Ward woman and her daughters make lunches for those less fortunate on first day of school
Sometimes, a person just wants to do something unconditionally nice for her community, that’s all. That’s why Stacey Elza kept staring at that cooler on her porch. […]
Mon school board gets educated on Amendment 2
Amendment 2 is going to generate lots of math homework — anywhere from $17 million to $18 million a year, in fact — for the Monongalia County […]
First day of school in Mon: Going through the detectors — and coming back from the charters
The new reality of life for Monongalia County’s three public high schools kicked in Tuesday morning for the first day of the fall term. Or rather, queued […]
Mon readies for first day of school
Those Bluebird buses are back on the road this morning in Monongalia County. Today is the first day of school in Mon, with 11,470 students, according to […]
