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 […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
Early voting for schools’ excess levy continues; there’s still time for absentee ballots
There is still time to vote by absentee ballot in the special election next week for Monongalia County Schools. The district is asking voters to consider renewal […]
‘That’s why we’re trying to protect everybody’
These are the COVID numbers Donna Talerico doesn’t mind passing along. More than 1,250 employees of Monongalia County schools have been fully vaccinated to date in clinics […]
Mon schools to remain open — for now
MORGANTOWN — Another 55 students tested positive for COVID last week in Monongalia County schools. The number of classmates now in quarantine as a precaution is up […]
Mon health officer: Roll up your sleeve for you and your community
Three F’s and a D. No, it isn’t your kid’s report card from his first freshman semester after going off to college. It is, however, a societal […]
‘Have you heard? Have you heard?’
There were no guilt-by-association overtures delivered by Rabbi Joe Hample on Sept. 11, 2001. Back then, the leader of Morgantown’s Tree of Life Congregation was just “Joe,” […]
‘Hi, baby. I love you. And we are at war.’
Sarah Cooke blinked twice to shake off the glare of the klieg lights, and when she looked back down, it was still there. The object was small […]
Reporter looks to the experts to assign some meaning to 9/11
My Sept. 11, 2001, happened, in part, on Sept. 12, 2001. And Sept. 13, 2001. That’s when I began talking to experts in earnest — after everyone […]
‘We drew our kids in and hoped for the best’
The morning was already tragic enough, Eddie Campbell Jr. remembered. “Well, then we got the news of the plane going into The Pentagon,” he said, “and that […]
WVU Sept. 11 wreath-laying, vigil connects students too young to know to the tragedy
MORGANTOWN — There’s a mostly paraphrased quote out there attributed to Robert Frost that goes something like this: “Poetry makes you remember what you didn’t know you […]
