125 Pleasant Street (otherwise known at 123 Pleasant Street’s upper bar) is opening its kitchen!  Get burgers, vegetarian sandwiches, ultimate BLTs and more!  The restaurant currently plans to open at 5 and stay open until midnight Tuesday through Saturday!
First day is Wednesday, June 18th!  Check it out!

If you’ve bought tomatoes at the store recently you may want to throw them out, just to be safe.  The FDA has issued a warning due to some types of tomatoes being contaminated with a rare form of Salmonella bacteria (serotype [...]

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photo credit: Arnob1_1998Love to run? Join in the Eighth Annual Deckers Creek Trail Half-Marathon on Saturday, June 7. All proceeds from the event benefit Mon River Trails Conservancy (MRTC) to help construct, manage, and maintain the Mon River and [...]

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russelljsmithThe Monongalia County Board of Health’s May meeting is coming up this Thursday, May 29, at 9am.
It is expected that the proposed smoking ban will be handled at this upcoming meeting. The alternative proposal made by bar and lottery owners is also supposed to be considered.
The Mon County Board is scheduled to meet [...]

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Want a product that makes it easy to get a serving of crisp, steamed veggies right out of your microwave? Bird’s Eye has the answer.
Many times I have tried to cook frozen vegetables in the microwave and wound [...]

The Morgantown Farmers’ Market is now open! (Actually, it opened May 3rd, but hush.) In the parking lot at the corner of Spruce and Fayette Streets every Saturday morning, from 8:30am to noon. Come support your local farmers, and get some great produce or meat in the bargain! Everything at the market [...]

Each over-the-hump day we’re here with things to help you feel good and look great.
If a Frito chip and a vegetable had a torrid affair, this snack would be their love child.
Keeping with the crunchy snack theme from last week, I present Flat Earth Baked Veggie Crisps. This treat is a blend of rice, potato [...]

Each over-the-hump day we’re here with things to help you feel good and look great.
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In my quest to satisfy the need for cheesy and crunchy, I found a healthy snack in the natural/organic section of Giant Eagle (facing the sushi and salad bar) at University Town Centre. Try Pirate’s Booty! (No, I’m not [...]

Hangovers are caused by many things: the acetaldehyde and acetic acid left from alcohol conversion, the lack of glucose to cells (even in the brain) since the liver was busy converting alcohol, the deficiency of vitamins and minerals either used up by alcohol conversion or flushed from the system by alcohol’s effects, dehydration from alcohol’s [...]

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Apparently a pill (not to be confused with the 1960s-esque gem to the left) which is already on the market for another condition has been found to control acne. The pill reduces the flow of sebum, the skin oil believed to be a major cause of acne, by 90%.
Other acne [...]