Want to have a hand in who runs for office? It’s not hard. It starts by attending a monthly county party executive committee meeting. Love it or hate it, the current national administration has people fired up for democracy. There are lots of ways to get involved in the 2018 midterm election season, and most of us know some of them: You can sport yard…
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Let the good times roll this season with Morgantown’s best happy hours. We get it. Sometimes the weather is just too cold, the cabin fever creeping in, the holiday rush too stressful. You need a break—preferably, right after work. Morgantown has you covered. When it’s time to get out, stay warm, and de-stress with friends and coworkers, the city offers a wide range of happy hour drink…
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An upcoming Chamber of Commerce study considers whether, by consolidating some functions, Morgantown-area municipalities could give us all more of the services we love. The Morgantown area is growing fast. From 1990 to 2010, the permanent population of our little four-city metropolis—Granville, Morgantown, Star City, and Westover—barely grew. But in the five years from 2010 to 2015, it grew by more than 10 percent. From congested roads…
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Each year, the Morgantown Area Chamber of Commerce recognizes businesses, people, and organizations that are moving our town forward. Rooms with a View The Morgantown Area Chamber of Commerce 2018 New Business of the Year Award goes to Courtyard by Marriott. The developers of the new Courtyard by Marriott Morgantown wanted to take the concept of “a room with a view” to a whole…
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When WVU built its Agricultural Sciences Building on the former Evans farm in 1961, what became the Evansdale Campus was still open land with a wide view. The first two units of the Towers residence hall opened in 1965, which is about the year this black and white photograph was taken. What a difference 50 years makes—mainly, just the past…
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