➼ Artist Christian DeLeon made sparks in his Morgantown studio this summer. His eye-catching proposal for a four-foot-high arrangement of stainless steel fish beat out four other designs last spring in a sculpture competition sponsored by the Marion County Commission and the Marion County Parks and Recreation Commission. He constructed The Fish is the River, the River is the Fish…
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The Flight 93 National Memorial in southwestern Pennsylvania gets a final, poignant touch this September. On the morning of September 11, 2001, news programs had just started speculating about the bizarre 8:46 crash of a plane into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City when the 9:03 crash into the South Tower put things in…
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Stitch Morgantown is not your grandma’s sewing shop. ➼ If you’re a DIY enthusiast with an unfulfilled interest in stitchery—or if you’re experienced but want to get newly inspired or refresh your skills—this is good news for you: Stitch Morgantown in Westover is offering sewing goods, machine rental, and project workshops. Accomplished seamstress Angie Miller opened the shop in February…
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In case you weren’t paying attention over the summer, let us catch you up on West Virginia’s review of four-year college funding and governance. Higher education has been in state news all summer, with WVU playing a prominent role. The dialogue erupted unexpectedly, but it’s long overdue. Changes in enrollment at and funding for West Virginia’s public colleges over the…
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WVU students do good across Morgantown and West Virginia and gain career skills at the same time. Games, concerts, free food, and T-shirts—incoming freshmen enjoy lots of welcome-to-college activities. But new students also have opportunities to think beyond campus during Welcome Week. As part of “Choose Your Adventure” in the four days between move-in and the first day of classes,…
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