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BALTIMORE — The University of Maryland, College Park this month published its first research report on the institution’s connections to slavery, detailing how founder Charles B. Calvert was a descendant of enslavers and owned at least 55 slaves who worked on his Riverside plantation, land that makes up part of UMD’s campus. As part of an international consortium called Universities Studying .
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Another step toward a new Benwood-McMechen school took place when Gov. Jim Justice arrived this past Thursday with $9.2 million. It was in June 2021 that Marshall County Schools purchased the land for $1.2 million with hopes of building on the property. The field that was purchased was for many years called Ice House Field. […]
WHEELING – The cost of repairs to the tunnel on Heritage Trail at Tunnel Green in East Wheeling is expected to exceed a half-million dollars, according to city officials. The tunnel – historically known as the Hempfield Railroad Tunnel – has remained closed to the public this winter because of falling bricks inside the structure. […]