That Fabulous Tree Is Talking Again!Steve Novotney December 15, 2023Editor’s Note: The Talking Tree is a Wheeling legend. Whether you find her endearing or a little creepy, it remains...
Centre Market’s Reestablished Commission Working Towards Market ImprovementsCrin Joy January 5, 2023In mid-2021, the City of Wheeling reinstated the Centre Market Commission to assist in efforts to preserve, improve, and invigorate...
Centre Market’s New Manager Has Big Plans For Its FutureJessica Broverman September 21, 2022This year has offered nothing but growth and positive change throughout Wheeling. From the new construction of downtown housing complexes,...
This Family Business is Serving Up Authentic Pierogies in Centre MarketEllery McGregor August 15, 2022Oh, pierogies. Likely, you grew up in the Ohio Valley or somewhere nearby and were raised on them, or maybe...
Open Streets Workshop Comes to Centre MarketAlex Panas July 19, 2022When was the last time you took a stroll through the Centre Market neighborhood in Wheeling? What was that experience...
City of Wheeling Welcomes Brooke Stull As New Centre Market ManagerProvided March 17, 2022City Manager Robert Herron has announced Wheeling resident Brooke Stull as the new Centre Market Manager. “Brooke’s education and professional...
8 New Wheeling Businesses To Explore This WeekendJessica Broverman August 13, 2021While the pandemic has presented new challenges to small businesses, it hasn’t been able to stop entrepreneurs from taking risks...
Seafood Traditions: Coleman’s Fish Market and the Feast of the Seven FishesEmma Wiley December 17, 2020This time of the year is usually one of celebration, good will, spending time with family and friends, and shopping....
Volunteer Wheeling Decorates Centre Market for the HolidaysAlex Panas December 7, 2020Centre Market is ready for the holidays after Volunteer Wheeling gathered on Saturday morning to spread some holiday cheer. The...
The Giving Tree of Centre Market Gives to Those in NeedKelly Strautmann December 9, 2019n Shel Silverstein’s book The Giving Tree, the tree gives everything it has to the boy it loves until the...
Shop Small on Saturday and Carry a Big BagNora Edinger November 29, 2019ometimes you just want to shop in your jammies. Sometimes you need everything from an ice scraper to almond butter,...
Passionate About Public Art?Provided July 22, 2019Are you passionate about public art? Would you like to see more artwork in Wheeling? The Wheeling Arts & Cultural...
Zeb’s Barky Bites-Small Business Video SeriesPat King July 9, 2019Editor’s Note: This video is part of a Weelunk series focused on small businesses that have recently launched in the...
Wee Asked Hydie FriendJeremy Morris May 20, 2019WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, even some strangers, answered. Get to know them a...
The Arts at Work in Wheeling’s Centre MarketDaniel Dorsch September 30, 2018The sound of engraving tools mingled in the air with pencil scratching and acoustic guitar music on a recent Friday...
Local Family-Run Dog Treat Company a Barking SuccessDaniel Dorsch August 29, 2018A hometown sensation has set tails wagging across West Virginia — from Centre Market in Wheeling to the Tamarack cultural...
Zende Predicts Downtown GrowthSteve Novotney January 12, 2018Can growth spread? The economic development specialist for the city of Wheeling believes it can, and after more than five...
Peek Inside The Health Plan ImpactSteve Novotney November 4, 2017It’s been referred to as a number of different things. The “game changer.” The “difference maker.” The “cracker plant of...
The James Wodarcyk Podcast: Brew KeepersCarl Adams September 29, 2017James and Sara drink a few pints with her brother Josh Fulton along with partners Kevin & Carolyn Ayers from...
Tunes Set for Inaugural OktoberfestSteve Novotney September 28, 2017Even polka found a place at No. 4 in the entertainment lineup for Saturday’s inaugural Oktoberfest at Centre Market, and...
Oktoberfest at Center MarketAllison Skibo September 22, 2017City, United Way Announce Oktoberfest at Center Market The City of Wheeling is partnering with the United Way of the...
A “SMART” Way to Watch the EclipseBrian Thomas August 20, 2017On Monday the 21st of this month, the Ohio Valley will witness a rare, celestial event known as a solar...
A Wheeling Company Rises to Meet the MassesJ.E. York August 18, 2017As I waited at the Wheeling Coffee shop on Washington Avenue, the creator and owner of Eat In Now, Joshua...
An Afternoon With StobartBrian Thomas July 23, 2017And death shall have no dominion. Dead man naked they shall be one With the man in the wind and...
Wilson Pleased with First Year on CouncilSteve Novotney July 6, 2017The youngest ever. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That’s how Brian Wilson now feels. At first, yup, it was an intimidating little...
DiNardos’ House Is A Centre Market SurpriseSteve Novotney June 24, 2017Anyone who knows Centre Market even remotely well is aware of the large, purple garage door that stands next door...
Kellas Owns Ideas About Wheeling RetentionSteve Novotney May 20, 2017Retention. It’s a term most people hear often during conversations about the future of the Upper Ohio Valley. Retention. How...
Carney’s Cat’s Paw a ‘Show’ Success StorySteve Novotney May 18, 2017It was in late 2015 when she first presented during a “Show of Hands” event, and she pitched to the...
Artworks Around Town A Centre Market AttractionSteve Novotney February 16, 2017Not many of the visitors entering the north market house from the 22nd Street entrance walk to the Soup Shack...
Weelunk TV Show on ‘My OV’ Set For SundaySteve Novotney December 16, 2016Co-Authored by Diana Winzenreid We are absolutely elated to officially “let the cat out of the bag” that WTRF will...
Centre Market Poised for Small Business SaturdaySteve Novotney November 25, 2016Shop locally? In Wheeling? Where? Didn’t that all go away when the Ohio Valley Mall opened? Like, back in the...
Outdoor Vendors at Centre Market on SaturdaySteve Novotney October 14, 2016Not only can local residents and tourists in the Wheeling area visit the Centre Market area on Saturdays for the...
‘Third Fridays’ Concert Series Resurrects TonightSteve Novotney September 16, 2016After a month of silence a new, local arts collective will bring back the “Third Friday” concert series in big...
The Weelunk Weekender – The Dragons are ComingJeremy Morris August 25, 2016Summer is winding down, but the fun certainly isn’t slowing down for a second. Get out there and Do Something this...
New Business Fuses Great Tastes With NutritionSteve Novotney August 18, 2016Like it or not, you can thank the game of football for introducing Tyler Eyerman to a healthy diet and...
Do Something: Centre Market Success StorySteve Novotney August 13, 2016On the east side of the Centre Market a few retail businesses are intermingled with residential brownstones, and on the...
Chef Butler Always Knows What’s Cooking in WheelingSteve Novotney May 13, 2016Ryan fluffs it off. “That was great catfish, dude. Wow!” “That’s what I’m here for.” “But no, really, there’s never...
The Success Stories of Theresa ChildersSteve Novotney January 30, 2016It is a small area of Wheeling that now receives rave reviews, but Centre Market once was a problem for...
Wheeling Brewing Crafting a Complete ExperienceSteve Novotney January 2, 2016In one hand, a craft brew. In the other, crafted food. And one can now acquire such a two-fisted experience...
Delbrugge’s ‘Do Something’ Attitude SpreadingSteve Novotney October 13, 2015Gloria Delbrugge owns no filter. She says what is on her mind, always, and that is just one of several...
Request for Artists for Centre Market Meter Mural ProjectErika Donaghy September 4, 2015The City of Wheeling Arts & Cultural Commission is seeking amateur and professional artists to artistically paint parking meters in...
Market Area the Center Of AttentionSteve Novotney August 7, 2015Wheeling’s Centre Market has nearly two centuries worth of history behind it, but that is not what most people talk...
Soup Shack Serves It ‘Souper’ the Old-Fashioned WaySteve Novotney May 27, 2015One person after another, Frank Warren tells those strolling the northern market house at Centre Market to have, “A souper...
The Mabel Files: Centre MarketGerry Griffith April 13, 2015The Mabel Files: Part 11 Learning the Colorful History of a Keystone Wheeling Neighborhood It was a sweltering July Saturday...
Coleman’s Still Fresh After 100 YearsSteve Novotney January 31, 2015By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com He still blushes when his customers offer him the usual rave reviews. His face literally turns...
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...
Dream Realized With A TwistMarilyn Mull November 11, 2014By Marilyn Mull Weelunk Contributor Dorothy’s mantra in the The Wizard of Oz, “There’s no place like home,” resonates in...
“Eat, or We Both Starve!”Derrick McKee November 9, 2014I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I’m a foodie. I absolutely love going out to dinner with...
