It was kind of like art-imitating-life-imitating-game show. That’s how Peggy Sue Cochran recalls that daytrip and lunch in Charleston from a couple of years back, when she […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
Lauren’s Wish
Mike Cole was gentle as he adjusted the photograph. Tender, even. Like a dad with a newborn. It was a smiling candid of his daughter, Lauren Cole, […]
Mon’s excess levy helps fund emotional health component of county schools
MORGANTOWN — Many boosters of the excess levy for Monongalia County schools are being quite literal when they talk about how the measure is good for the […]
19 area seniors on track as scholars
MORGANTOWN — Nineteen area high school seniors are now in elite academic company. The students from schools in Monongalia and Preston counties were named semifinalists for the […]
The extensive foreign language offerings in Mon schools get their voice from the excess levy
MORGANTOWN — The two people engrossed in conservation a few summers back at Mylan Park Elementary School were actually speaking the language of the levy. As in, […]
Pittsburgh research firm names several Mon Schools to its ‘best of’ list for W.Va.
Natalie Webb laughed as she wrapped up the phone call Wednesday morning. “I’m going to have to let you go if you don’t need anything else,” the […]
Mon’s schools keep vigilant against the virus
MORGANTOWN — Tuesday was a professional development day for Monongalia County educators. That meant classrooms were empty, as students had the day off — while principals and […]
A look at the politics and particulars of excess levies for schools: Mon’s election is Saturday
MORGANTOWN — When it comes to excess levies and the spending money they bring for school districts, it’s all relative, as Nancy Walker likes to explain. Say […]
Of motors and marketing in the time of COVID: MTEC uses classic cars to get the word out about programs
MORGANTOWN — When Mike Kelly cranked the engine of that ’67 Barracuda, and all that combustible chaos made it sound like Detroit was having a temper tantrum […]
Fairmont State lecture series to focus on mining, Blair Mountain
There used to be an expression heard in San Giovanni in Fiore, and the other little Calabrase mountain towns near the arch of the boot in southern […]
