A homegrown gaming company readies its first release: a rowdy card game called Rumpus. Like most of us, Ethan Butler grew up playing board games with his family. They were fine for passing rainy days but nothing to get excited about. Then he got older and discovered the world of modern tabletop gaming, filled with games based on quirky concepts…
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A popular oral history book explores the development of the Jewish community in Morgantown through the stories of its families. ➼ In 2013, Ed Gerson volunteered to write a history article for Tree of Life Congregation’s bimonthly newsletter. “I began talking with longtime members of the temple,” Gerson recalls. “After a couple interviews, names on the bronze plaques in the…
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Gat Creek combines handcrafted furniture-making with innovative manufacturing techniques. Gat Caperton is a self-proclaimed “manufacturing geek.” When he purchased a small furniture manufacturing facility in Berkeley Springs in 1996, he transformed a traditional industry with innovative and lean manufacturing techniques. Since 2010, his company, Gat Creek, has grown almost 10 percent a year and it now employs 140 people. “I…
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Three generations at Chuck’s Furniture and Mattress have made this store the go-to place for furnishing area homes. Chuck’s Furniture and Mattress is an all-American, family-run, small business success story. What started out as a 2,500-square-foot warehouse and showroom in 1967 has grown to more than 100,000 square feet of high quality furnishings at every price point. Recognizing the growth…
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A podcast revisits Morgantown’s most infamous murders—and the questions that still surround the case. It was a shot in the dark. Kendall Perkinson, Geoff Fuller, and Sarah Gibbons didn’t know each other that well, and none of them had made a podcast before. Yet, in September 2016, the trio set out to make a multi-part audio documentary series about a…
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