Patricia Harman’s latest novel captures life in West Virginia amidst the struggles of World War II. ➼ Nothing miraculous happens in this book. There’s no love triangle. No sleep-with-the-lights-on mystery. No sword-clashing battle scene. Patricia Harman’s Once a Midwife portrays the ordinary, small-town world of West Virginia midwife Patience Hester during the second World War. Yet, that ordinariness makes Patience’s…
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Recent stories from Morgantown
All Aboard
April/May 2019· Good Neighbors· Instagram· Neighborhoods Issue
Traveling miles to deliver healthy smiles. ➼ This spring, students who attend schools in Harrison and Marion counties have the opportunity to climb aboard the Smile Express, a mobile dental service provided by the Monongalia County Health Department. Tiffany Summerlin, a public health dental hygienist at the MCHD and the coordinator of the Smile Express, says the intention of the…
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Casting a Wide Net
A Morgantown-based podcast collective finds numbers in numbers. ➼ Morgantown transplant Kelen Conley started making podcasts around 2008, long before shows like Serial, StartUp, and WTF with Marc Maron made on-demand audio a national obsession. But his experiments never lasted long. “I was in my 20s, and I was easily distracted by shiny things,” he says. Conley was mostly focused…
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A Healthy Return
Mon Health’s new leader has always had a heart for Mountaineer Country. ➼ When David Goldberg left Morgantown for Washington, D.C., in 1994 with a freshly minted degree, it turns out he left a piece of himself behind—a piece that would bring him back a quarter century later as a leader in his field. Goldberg grew up in Edison, New…
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Curbed
Don’t let sidewalks sideswipe you—here’s what you need to know before buying a house. Ella Belling was excited to move into her new house in First Ward. The small Cape Cod was charming and situated in a historic and walkable neighborhood—something that was important to her. Not long after she purchased her home, she received a letter from the city….
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