TIME TO GREEN UP: Mayor Says It’s Time to Make a Move on Recycling Nora Edinger September 24, 2018 Editor’s Note: In this piece in our series on the greening up of Wheeling, Weelunk sat down with city officials to talk about recycling, walkability and their vision for a greener future. Will it be cardboar...
‘The Calling’ Keeps Him Alive Nora Edinger September 19, 2018 1 Editor’s note: As part of a continuing series on how Wheeling residents express spirituality, today’s post features a ministry that is the polar opposite of America’s mega-church trend. This pastor has a congre...
TIME TO GREEN UP: All Greened Up But Nowhere to Go Nora Edinger September 5, 2018 Editor’s Note: As part of the capstone to a series looking at green living in Wheeling, Weelunk set out to track a typical water bottle from recycling bins at Oglebay Park to its ultimate new life. Before this ...
TIME TO GREEN UP: Oglebay Makes Greens Greener Nora Edinger August 27, 2018 As part of a continuing series on how Wheeling is greening up, Weelunk looks today at the non-profit sector. Area readers are likely familiar with Oglebay’s full-scale switch to LED bulbs for the annual Festiva...
Routines Interrupted, But Work Continues for Augusta Levy Clients, Therapists Nora Edinger July 30, 2018 Editor’s note: The Augusta Levy Learning Center will reopen in temporary quarters above the Children’s Museum of the Ohio Valley on Aug. 13, bringing an end to the house-call therapy that has been ongoing since...
TIME TO GREEN UP: ‘Greening the O’ at Orrick Nora Edinger July 24, 2018 Editor’s note: In a continuing series about the greening of Wheeling, Weelunk moves from the eco-efforts of individuals to what area businesses — both for-profit and non-profit — are doing to be sustainable. To...
TIME TO GREEN UP: Fifth-Graders ‘Sucked’ Into Recycling Nora Edinger July 17, 2018 Editor's note: In part two of a continuing series of stories on how Wheeling is "greening up," we look at one local teacher and how she and her students are asking area restaurants to do more for the environmen...
TIME TO GREEN UP: Merrimans ‘Bin’ There, Recycle That Nora Edinger July 16, 2018 Editor's note: Today begins a series of stories on how Wheeling is "greening up." In two stories this week, Weelunk looks at the power of one. Today, we feature uber recycler Joanna Merriman, who discusses what...
The Eucharist: ‘Source and Summit’ of the Faith Nora Edinger July 10, 2018 Editor’s note: As part of an occasional Weelunk series examining spirituality in the Ohio Valley, we look today at the Eucharist, also known as communion or the Lord’s Supper. Perhaps the very essence of Roman ...
Job, School Connection Picks Up STEAM Nora Edinger June 29, 2018 There’s as much woo-hoo as how-to in science class this summer. At least when that science class is part of a county-wide initiative to encourage students from grades four and up to consider careers in Science,...
Wheeling Roots Bring Rabbi Lief Back to Temple Shalom Nora Edinger June 15, 2018 There might be easier places to be a Jew. There might be easier places to be a rabbi. But, none of them has quite the feeling of home that Wheeling, W.Va., does, according to Joshua Lief, rabbi of Temple Shalom...
Triadelphia School: 100 Years of Memories Nora Edinger June 4, 2018 4 There is a certain sequence of expressions that appears on the face of a grownup who is suddenly returned to the school hallways of adolescence. It starts with a quiet wonder. Then, eyes dart quickly around to ...