You probably already know the story of Morgantown Marathon founder Jamie Summerlin from his book Freedom Run or his many news features over the years. He ran across the country in 100 days in 2012 to honor his heroes: the men and women of the U.S. military. Since then, the Morgantown Marathon has raised more than $200,000 for Operation Welcome Home, a nonprofit that helps veterans…
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Take a quick jaunt around town and you’ll see the handiwork of Mills Group—our Best Architectural Firm. From the Courthouse Square to the Courthouse Marriott and the Morgantown Market Place pavilion to Tin 202, this team of architects, designers, planners, and historians improves our community through timeless, inspired design. In addition, this firm, which also has an office in Wheeling, is responsible for the…
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Not all superheros wear capes—some of them wear measuring tape. Massullo’s has taken countless treasured garments, seemingly ruined, and made them clean. When teenage girls show up just days before prom with dresses that need to be hemmed and taken in, they make it happen. “Just last night a minister came in here at 5 o’clock. We close at 5:30. He’d just found…
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When Clarksburg-based Steptoe & Johnson PLLC was designing new Morgantown office space in the early 2000s, the firm had something grand in mind—but the builder’s estimate for a circular staircase was a budgetbuster. The solution: three Amish carpenters from central Ohio. Their threequarter-turn staircase with mahogany treads and railings, completed at half the original estimate, made for a classic architectural centerpiece befitting a law firm…
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For Morgantown-area personal trainer Micki Pauley and her clients, working out is a way of life—a Micki Lifestyle, to be exact. For the past five years, the elementary school teacher–turned–fitness guru has been advising others how to transform, sculpt, and fuel their bodies in ways that are sustainable and fun. After just one session with Pauley, a personal trainer and fitness nutrition specialist certified through ISSA, clients know her…
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