C-SPAN’s Wheeling Coverage this WeekendSteve Novotney January 15, 2015By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com It’s a big weekend for Wheeling, W.Va. Do you realize why? I’ll offer you a hint....
Plans Unleashed for Dog ParkSteve Novotney January 14, 2015By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com When the ribbon is cut this summer to officially open Wheeling’s new dog park, it will...
OPINION: Change Will Define Upcoming Legislative SessionSteve Novotney January 13, 2015By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com First, they’ll need to figure out the new office assignments and leadership roles within the West...
Beer is Back in WheelingSteve Novotney January 11, 2015By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com (Editor’s Note: To listen to Steve’s entire interview with Josh, click on the podcast link at...
Hofreuter-Landini To Focus on ParentsSteve Novotney January 11, 2015By Steve Novotney “Try to see your child as a seed that came in a packet without a label. Your...
Matt Welsch: A Stay At Home Vagabond?Steve Novotney January 10, 2015By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Go ahead. Ask him. “How’s life been, Chef?” Quickly, Matt Welsch will reply, “It’s been an...
Branding Wheeling a Tough TaskSteve Novotney January 9, 2015By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Rebounding? Revitalizing? I was asked a most interesting question during a recent trip to Pittsburgh. A...
Park Teacher Opens Minds About WheelingSteve Novotney January 8, 2015By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com They get interested, and then they get angry. The best part is that they learn without...
City Recognizes Important Historic HomesSteve Novotney January 7, 2015By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com The Wheeling Historical Landmarks Commission initiated its Building Plaque Program Tuesday by awarding the owners of...
Cancer Research Classic Draws Budding Basketball StarsSteve Novotney January 5, 2015By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Dr. Gregory Merrick has done it again. For an eighth consecutive year, Merrick and his staff...
OPINION: New Year’s Resolutions for the City of WheelingSteve Novotney January 4, 2015By Steve Novotney Generations have engaged each other, and many positive developments have occurred, but this does not mean that...
OPINION: Bill Cosby – Make a DecisionSteve Novotney January 2, 2015By Steve Novotney Bill Cosby needs to make a decision. Will he perform at the Capitol Theatre on March 14,...
Wheeling’s Top News Stories Of 2014 Examined: Part 2Steve Novotney January 1, 2015Story By Steve Novotney, Photographs by Steve Novotney and LeeRoy Minnette (Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part...
Wheeling’s Top News Stories Of 2014 Examined: Part 1Steve Novotney December 30, 2014By Steve Novotney (Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series examining Wheeling’s top news stories during 2014....
Did You Know There’s a Dangerous Dog Ordinance?Steve Novotney December 30, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com It was a unanimous vote on Jan. 16, 2007. Six council members and Mayor Nick Sparachane...
The 12 Days Before ChristmasSteve Novotney December 28, 2014Photographs and Story By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com It was supposed to be a good day in Sardis, Ohio, and that...
River City Offering Live & Local MusicSteve Novotney December 27, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com It’s about the talent, and it’s about the atmosphere it creates. Those are two primary reasons...
Grab A Seat For ChristmasSteve Novotney December 24, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com In case there is a last-minute, Christmas Eve shopper who is looking for a unique gift...
She Preserves Wheeling’s Past for its FutureSteve Novotney December 23, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Rebekah Karelis never really knows what her workday will entail when she walks through the front...
A Mother’s Christmas MiracleSteve Novotney December 22, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com I was misbehaving. A lot. And I was told I was on the naughty list. But...
Festival Of Lights – The Untold StoriesSteve Novotney December 21, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Bill Koegler would drive from Oglebay Park to the Greggsville section of Wheeling at the bottom...
Six Bikes For Christmas MorningSteve Novotney December 19, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com I was minding my own business and simply buying some Braunschweiger like my Grandma Novotney used...
Recycling The Recycling ProgramSteve Novotney December 18, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Many in the Friendly City would like to see the municipality adopt an improved recycling program...
C-SPAN Releases Plan To See Span, And Other Local SightsSteve Novotney December 17, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Nearly two centuries of history about Wheeling and the Upper Ohio Valley will be revealed to...
C-SPAN To Feature Wheeling HistorySteve Novotney December 16, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com An American cable and satellite network will be in town today to divulge what stories and...
Wish to Be Heard At Council MeetingsSteve Novotney December 15, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com “Those who wish to be heard.” It’s always the last item on every agenda for Wheeling’s...
The “Real” Santas of WheelingSteve Novotney December 14, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Tinsel was everywhere. It was wound around the downtown’s utility poles, and it outlined most storefront...
Fracking the PeopleSteve Novotney December 13, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com I asked Belmont County Commissioner Matt Coffland what he thought of the fracking-under-the-Ohio-River proposal a couple...
Tourists Prefer FriendlySteve Novotney December 12, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Tomorrow is “Tourism Day” in the city of Wheeling. But it’s not a designated day. Mayor...
City Set To Vote On Plan And TaxSteve Novotney December 12, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Members of Wheeling City Council will cast a pair of imperative votes during their upcoming meeting...
People First, Capitalism FollowsSteve Novotney December 11, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com OK, so the Professional Building on Market Street has a new owner, and so does the...
Coaches Pitch Players To Recruiting CollegesSteve Novotney December 11, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com More than 30 football coaches from the Ohio Valley Athletic Association sat down with college recruiters...
Miracle on Market StreetSteve Novotney December 10, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Something very special took place at Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre this past weekend. There were three...
Community Foundation: Amazing Raise Prep BeginsSteve Novotney December 9, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Preparations for Amazing Raise 2015 officially will get under way this Thursday morning when officials of...
Ezra Hamilton Finds His Purpose On The StageSteve Novotney December 8, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Ezra Hamilton traveled many miles in search of a defined purpose in life. He didn’t know...
First Fridays Making ConnectionsSteve Novotney December 5, 2014 By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com More than 30 businesses in downtown, Centre Market, East Wheeling, and North Wheeling are set...
The Growth Continues: Grow Ohio ValleySteve Novotney December 4, 2014Photographs and Story By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com A Wheeling organization has gained the support of the federal government – top Appalachian...
The Gift of DNASteve Novotney December 4, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com I’m 48 years old today, and I am a blessed man. I still have both of...
A Tour Through Clay SchoolSteve Novotney December 3, 2014Photographs and Story By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com I lived directly across the street from Clay School for three years, and...
When to Cancel? Dr. Dianna VargoSteve Novotney December 2, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Now that the month of December has arrived, many local parents are asking themselves the same...
Memories Can Help Reinvent WheelingSteve Novotney December 1, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com I have an idea. It concerns Santa Claus. I don’t believe I get to see him...
Proud “Island Rats” Living on Wheeling IslandSteve Novotney November 30, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com (Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles that will include profiles on...
There’s Hope For HinesSteve Novotney November 29, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com He was draped in a couple of shirts, a hoodie, two pairs of socks, little-boy long...
Shopping Locally Keeps Important Revenue Close to HomeSteve Novotney November 29, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com It’s something that’s become more personal to me the longer I live. Call it an epiphany,...
Chief: Help Us Prevent CrimeSteve Novotney November 29, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com If Wheeling residents wish to continue living in one of the safest cities in America, picking...
Smoking Bans In Private Businesses Should Be Up To The OwnersSteve Novotney November 26, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Editors’ Note: This is maybe a good time to remind readers that Weelunk doesn’t hold opinions....
1100 Block Returns To RootsSteve Novotney November 25, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Officials of the city of Wheeling spent two years guiding tours of the vacant, dilapidated buildings...
Developers Should Continue Avoiding Duplication Of ‘Destination Locations’Steve Novotney November 25, 2014By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Primanti’s opened at The Highlands more than a week ago, and Chipotle is expected to begin...
Big-Picture Consideration Necessary in WheelingSteve Novotney November 24, 2014 By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com The government of Wheeling, W.Va., has a lot to accomplish despite more than a decade...
The Legends of Roney’s Point ExaminedSteve Novotney November 23, 2014Story and Photography By Steve Novotney There was zero political correctness involved when I was first told the tales of...