The Women United affinity group of the local United Way is targeting early-childhood literacy. It’s a sad fact that children from low-income families don’t start school with the same size vocabulary as children from high-income families. They have fewer books, and they’re read to less often. By the time they start school, research shows, they’ve heard 30 million fewer words…
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Morgantown welcomes a Ugandan refugee. When Hydary Bossa sees that a resident of Mapleshire Nursing and Rehabilitation Center could use some cheer, he goes a little further than some nursing assistants would. He might sing a song. He might even do a little dance. It’s in this graceful young man’s nature to take care of the people around him. One…
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In early November, Christmas at the Barn outside Masontown hosts one of the biggest, most stunning holiday shows and sales in the state. I know—Christmas seems to come earlier every year. But trust me when I say, this three-day shopping event a half-hour east of Morgantown will put you in the spirit. Imagine a working farm transformed into a vintage…
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River Birch Cafe brings fresh convenience to diners on the move. It’s 7:45 a.m. and the Caperton rail-trail along Morgantown’s Wharf District is already filling up. A pair of women jogging with strollers, a line of ROTC students running in camo fatigues, businessmen and -women in sharp suits and shoulder bags hustling to their offices in one of the district’s…
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Morgantown comes together to ease the experience of trauma victims. When Morgantown Police Officer Troy Ball heard the question, “Why do we interview survivors in the same place we interview suspects?” at a conference he attended in April 2016, it made perfect sense to him. Victims shouldn’t be subjected to the same cold, intimidating environment attackers are interrogated in. Joined…
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