There’s more to Chico’s Fat Cali-Style Burritos & Tacos than you know. Shaun Goldman was making sushi at Hibachi Japanese Steak House in Suncrest when he got to know Todd Perry. No, it’s not the burritos and tacos promised in this article’s subtitle—this story involves a few cuisines. That was around a decade ago. Perry was looking to open a…
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For seven decades, Morgantown Beauty College has trained students how to cut, color, and groom people. Now it has gotten its very own artistic makeover. ➼ Like an aesthetician performing a facial peel, when Morgantown Beauty College owner Michael Sodomick recently sloughed off layers of wallpaper in the college’s voluminous clinical space, he discovered something special—beautiful historic wallpaper. He brought…
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Stoney Chaffin brings handmade stogies to town. ➼ Stoney Chaffin started smoking cigars as a teenager, puffing White Owls and Dutch Masters stogies with his friends in Huntington. “Just cheap dime store cigars,” he says. Chaffin and his pals weren’t trying to pursue the finer things in life—it was more about low-level adolescent rebellion. He wouldn’t develop an appreciation for…
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What value does Morgantown place on preserving greenspace? ➼ Morgantown’s planning process for greenspace preservation became a hot-button topic in June with the proposal to buy the 40-acre Haymaker Forest. Situated between Marilla and White parks, the plot is bordered to the south by the East Oak Grove Cemetery and Dorsey Avenue and to the north by Buckhannon Avenue. Small…
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Living-learning communities are helping WVU students make friends and connect with their passions. ➼ When college students feel engaged, they’re likelier to learn more, stay in school, and graduate on time, research shows. For big universities that have diverse student bodies, fostering that feeling of engagement is especially important—and especially elusive. WVU believes it’s found one reliable path to engagement…
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