Some call Grumbein’s Island, the pedestrian island on University Avenue between WVU’s Mountainlair and Martin Hall, a refuge for walkers. Most would disagree. Nearly 700 people cross this tiny section of University Avenue in the minutes between 12:15 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. alone, according to a 2011 feasibility study considering changes to Grumbein’s Island. Most are pedestrians heading to the…
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Experience flat water paddling just minutes from Morgantown Paddlers float with the wind past peaceful and quiet nature. Turtles sun themselves on rocks, and a blue heron perches in its nest in the branches of a tree. The Big Sandy River is dammed at Bruceton Mills, creating three miles of backflow that is the Bruceton Mills Lake—flat water with no…
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Evidence of Morgantown’s role in building the atomic bomb still stands. Four stacks standing in a row in the Morgantown Industrial Park are nearly all that’s left of a massive World War II production complex: the Morgantown Ordnance Works. Prominent across the river from University Motors on Don Knotts Boulevard, the stacks are idle today but, in 1944 and 1945,…
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Bring West Virginia’s heritage into your home. In 1896 Seneca Glass Company relocated from Fostoria, Ohio, to Morgantown, West Virginia, where it operated until 1983. At one time, it was the largest producer of drinking glasses in the United States. Early on it was known for its fine quality decorative and etched glassware, but in the 1950s Seneca launched more…
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Tamarack artist and WVU Healthcare spokesperson Amy Johns juggles jobs. When the clock strikes 5 p.m., Amy Johns’ day at work is far from over. She might be leaving the hospital, but she’s heading to The Seneca Center—where her second job begins. After a full day as Director of Public Affairs for WVU Healthcare and Health Sciences, handling all things…
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