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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A rectangular pie isn’t the only new thing Lefty’s Place has brought to downtown. The food scene in Morgantown is ever-evolving. We’ve got pho, Thai, and a plethora of burger and barbeque joints. But what do you do when you’re looking for something simple, something classic, a go-to? To most, the answer is obvious: pizza. Everyone has their preferred place…
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