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New teachers drawn to the profession by idealism and examples

news@greenecountymessenger.comThe news about teaching lately has been pretty downbeat.Teachers have been exiting the profession in droves, according to many news reports, and young people are avoiding it like Kryptonite, leading to shortages in classrooms. Salaries are lower than other ...

Back to school means back to better sleep habits for kids

news@greenecountymessenger.comYou may have heard the groans already... ItÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ back to school time and that means trying to coax kids back into earlier bedtimes and a better sleep pattern for the new school year.Healthy sleep patterns are vital to provide students with energy and the ability to ...

In defying Trump, Pence risked all

Would they have actually done it – would the Jan. 6 mob have killed Mike Pence? And, in the process of wrenching the vice president away from his Secret Service protection on that terrible day in 2021, how many folks would have died on both sides? Pledged to do their duty, itÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ impossible ...

OP-ED: Must weddings lead to marriage?

Though not one to follow the celebrities, I still can’t get the divorce of Britney Spears and Sam Asghari out of my headspace. They’d been married for only a year and change, but their wedding was covered as a triumph of recovery.Who was there? Madonna, Drew Barrymore, Paris Hilton. What ...

Students, faculty pay the price for miscalculations at WVU

When E. Gordon Gee became president of West Virginia University in 2014, he put forward an ambitious plan to increase the number of students attending its main campus in Morgantown, W.Va., along with its satellite campuses.Over a 10-year period, Gee asserted, WVU could boost its enrollment by ...

Noah Michael Garrison

Noah Michael Garrison, 23, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 27, with his family by his side.Noah is survived by his parents, Robert and JoAnn Garrison of Waynesburg; and his brother, Joshua Garrison and wife, Jenny, of Centerville, Va.He will be fondly remembered by his loving ...