Centre Market’s Reestablished Commission Working Towards Market Improvements Crin Joy January 5, 2023 In mid-2021, the City of Wheeling reinstated the Centre Market Commission to assist in efforts to preserve, improve, and invigorate the historic shopping area. It has been over a decade since there has been a c...
Centre Market’s New Manager Has Big Plans For Its Future Jessica Broverman September 21, 2022 This year has offered nothing but growth and positive change throughout Wheeling. From the new construction of downtown housing complexes, the launch of new transportation thanks to Bird scooters, and several n...
This Family Business is Serving Up Authentic Pierogies in Centre Market Ellery McGregor August 15, 2022 Oh, pierogies. Likely, you grew up in the Ohio Valley or somewhere nearby and were raised on them, or maybe you moved here and were introduced. Either way, these steaming hot, Eastern European dumplings are a c...
Open Streets Workshop Comes to Centre Market Alex Panas July 19, 2022 When was the last time you took a stroll through the Centre Market neighborhood in Wheeling? What was that experience like? How could it be improved? These are some of the questions that the City of Wheeling, a...
City of Wheeling Welcomes Brooke Stull As New Centre Market Manager Provided March 17, 2022 City Manager Robert Herron has announced Wheeling resident Brooke Stull as the new Centre Market Manager. “Brooke’s education and professional experience is a great fit for this position. I believe she will do...
8 New Wheeling Businesses To Explore This Weekend Jessica Broverman August 13, 2021 While the pandemic has presented new challenges to small businesses, it hasn’t been able to stop entrepreneurs from taking risks and trying new things. In fact, there are several new businesses that have opened...
Seafood Traditions: Coleman’s Fish Market and the Feast of the Seven Fishes Emma Wiley December 17, 2020 This time of the year is usually one of celebration, good will, spending time with family and friends, and shopping. But, few places get as busy as Coleman’s Fish Market in Centre Market, Wheeling. At first ...
Volunteer Wheeling Decorates Centre Market for the Holidays Alex Panas December 7, 2020 Centre Market is ready for the holidays after Volunteer Wheeling gathered on Saturday morning to spread some holiday cheer. The group decorated 18 planters with fresh pine and ornaments along Main and Market St...
The Giving Tree of Centre Market Gives to Those in Need Kelly Strautmann December 9, 2019 In Shel Silverstein’s book The Giving Tree, the tree gives everything it has to the boy it loves until the only thing left is the stump. Business owners in Wheeling’s Centre Market also hope to give away all th...
Shop Small on Saturday and Carry a Big Bag Nora Edinger November 29, 2019 Sometimes you just want to shop in your jammies. Sometimes you need everything from an ice scraper to almond butter, and only a big box will do. Other times, you want to smell those coffee beans grinding, ru...
Passionate About Public Art? Provided July 22, 2019 Are you passionate about public art? Would you like to see more artwork in Wheeling? The Wheeling Arts & Cultural Commission, in partnership with Centre Market and with funding from Wheeling Heritage, ha...
Zeb’s Barky Bites-Small Business Video Series Pat King July 9, 2019 Editor's Note: This video is part of a Weelunk series focused on small businesses that have recently launched in the Friendly City. Thank you to AT&T for sponsoring this series. ...
Wee Asked Hydie Friend Jeremy Morris May 20, 2019 WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, even some strangers, answered. Get to know them a little bit better with our fun series, “WEEasked.” Look for it a couple...
The Arts at Work in Wheeling’s Centre Market Daniel Dorsch September 30, 2018 The sound of engraving tools mingled in the air with pencil scratching and acoustic guitar music on a recent Friday afternoon as Wheeling’s Artworks Around Town Inc. celebrated its 13th annual Paint Historic Wh...
Local Family-Run Dog Treat Company a Barking Success Daniel Dorsch August 29, 2018 A hometown sensation has set tails wagging across West Virginia — from Centre Market in Wheeling to the Tamarack cultural center in Beckley, and in farmers' markets and co-ops across the state. Built on a love ...
Zende Predicts Downtown Growth Steve Novotney January 12, 2018 Can growth spread? The economic development specialist for the city of Wheeling believes it can, and after more than five years as the manager of Centre Market, Kurt Zende insists what has taken place inside...
Peek Inside The Health Plan Impact Steve Novotney November 4, 2017 It’s been referred to as a number of different things. The “game changer.” The “difference maker.” The “cracker plant of downtown Wheeling.” And, well, as “new.” The Health Plan Headquarters, nearly co...
The James Wodarcyk Podcast: Brew Keepers Carl Adams September 29, 2017 James and Sara drink a few pints with her brother Josh Fulton along with partners Kevin & Carolyn Ayers from Brew Keepers. They are brewing some of the best microbrew beer you’ll ever drink. Listen to the e...
Tunes Set for Inaugural Oktoberfest Steve Novotney September 28, 2017 Even polka found a place at No. 4 in the entertainment lineup for Saturday’s inaugural Oktoberfest at Centre Market, and that’s because, well, it’s polka. “It’s tradition, so I believed it would be great to ...
Oktoberfest at Center Market Allison Skibo September 22, 2017 City, United Way Announce Oktoberfest at Center Market The City of Wheeling is partnering with the United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley to host Oktoberfest at Centre Market on Saturday, September 30, ...
A “SMART” Way to Watch the Eclipse Brian Thomas August 20, 2017 On Monday the 21st of this month, the Ohio Valley will witness a rare, celestial event known as a solar eclipse. This phenomenon occurs when the earth, moon, and Sun align creating a union between shadows and g...
A Wheeling Company Rises to Meet the Masses J.E. York August 18, 2017 As I waited at the Wheeling Coffee shop on Washington Avenue, the creator and owner of Eat In Now, Joshua Broverman, confidently strolled up. He ordered his coffee with exact instructions and joked that he ...
An Afternoon With Stobart Brian Thomas July 23, 2017 13 And death shall have no dominion. Dead man naked they shall be one With the man in the wind and the west moon; When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone, They shall have stars at elbow and ...
Wilson Pleased with First Year on Council Steve Novotney July 6, 2017 The youngest ever. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That’s how Brian Wilson now feels. At first, yup, it was an intimidating little piece of Wheeling’s modern-day history, but these days, following his first year as the...
DiNardos’ House Is A Centre Market Surprise Steve Novotney June 24, 2017 4 Anyone who knows Centre Market even remotely well is aware of the large, purple garage door that stands next door to the Wheeling Brewing Company and across Lane B from Coleman’s Fish Market. For years, thou...
Kellas Owns Ideas About Wheeling Retention Steve Novotney May 20, 2017 Retention. It’s a term most people hear often during conversations about the future of the Upper Ohio Valley. Retention. How do we create a better economic atmosphere so younger citizens will not be fo...
Carney’s Cat’s Paw a ‘Show’ Success Story Steve Novotney May 18, 2017 It was in late 2015 when she first presented during a “Show of Hands” event, and she pitched to the crowd the need for a glass-cutter do-thingy that would allow Cat’s Paw Arts Studio to better streamline the sh...
Artworks Around Town A Centre Market Attraction Steve Novotney February 16, 2017 1 Not many of the visitors entering the north market house from the 22nd Street entrance walk to the Soup Shack or Oliver’s Pies without first admiring the artwork along the way. They can’t help it, and that’s...
Weelunk TV Show on ‘My OV’ Set For Sunday Steve Novotney December 16, 2016 3 Co-Authored by Diana Winzenreid We are absolutely elated to officially “let the cat out of the bag” that WTRF will be airing the first-ever Weelunk Show this Sunday at 11a.m. on Comcast Channel 3 (My Ohio Va...
Centre Market Poised for Small Business Saturday Steve Novotney November 25, 2016 Shop locally? In Wheeling? Where? Didn’t that all go away when the Ohio Valley Mall opened? Like, back in the 1980s? It is true economic decline took place in the Friendly City and throughout the Up...
Outdoor Vendors at Centre Market on Saturday Steve Novotney October 14, 2016 5 Not only can local residents and tourists in the Wheeling area visit the Centre Market area on Saturdays for the famous Coleman’s fish sandwich or a slice of Oliver’s Pies, but now those same folks also can enj...
‘Third Fridays’ Concert Series Resurrects Tonight Steve Novotney September 16, 2016 After a month of silence a new, local arts collective will bring back the “Third Friday” concert series in big fashion this evening at Artworks Around Town in the Centre Market district. Nine bands from thro...
The Weelunk Weekender – The Dragons are Coming Jeremy Morris August 25, 2016 Summer is winding down, but the fun certainly isn't slowing down for a second. Get out there and Do Something this weekend FRIDAY Oglebay Institute Board Benefit Wheeling’s premier social event! Gourmet...
New Business Fuses Great Tastes With Nutrition Steve Novotney August 18, 2016 Like it or not, you can thank the game of football for introducing Tyler Eyerman to a healthy diet and also to the Wheeling area. Eyerman was a freshman at Ohio University in Athens when his brother offered ...
Do Something: Centre Market Success Story Steve Novotney August 13, 2016 10 On the east side of the Centre Market a few retail businesses are intermingled with residential brownstones, and on the west side a few eateries are highlighted with a brewpub, a wine store, and a few specialty...
Chef Butler Always Knows What’s Cooking in Wheeling Steve Novotney May 13, 2016 Ryan fluffs it off. “That was great catfish, dude. Wow!” “That’s what I’m here for.” “But no, really, there’s never been that taste around here ever.” “But it is now.” It is now. That’s the key. ...
The Success Stories of Theresa Childers Steve Novotney January 30, 2016 4 It is a small area of Wheeling that now receives rave reviews, but Centre Market once was a problem for the antique storeowners, the area’s residents, and for law enforcement because of drug dealing and prostit...
Wheeling Brewing Crafting a Complete Experience Steve Novotney January 2, 2016 3 In one hand, a craft brew. In the other, crafted food. And one can now acquire such a two-fisted experience at the Wheeling Brewing Company at 2247 Market St. in Centre Market thanks to a new union consistin...
Delbrugge’s ‘Do Something’ Attitude Spreading Steve Novotney October 13, 2015 Gloria Delbrugge owns no filter. She says what is on her mind, always, and that is just one of several reasons why residents of Wheeling’s first ward wish she would delay her retirement from the Friendly Cit...
Request for Artists for Centre Market Meter Mural Project Erika Donaghy September 4, 2015 The City of Wheeling Arts & Cultural Commission is seeking amateur and professional artists to artistically paint parking meters in the Centre Market area. This project is part of the commission’s ongoing e...
Market Area the Center Of Attention Steve Novotney August 7, 2015 Wheeling’s Centre Market has nearly two centuries worth of history behind it, but that is not what most people talk about these days. Instead, when Centre Market is mentioned in conversation, it most often i...
Soup Shack Serves It ‘Souper’ the Old-Fashioned Way Steve Novotney May 27, 2015 5 One person after another, Frank Warren tells those strolling the northern market house at Centre Market to have, “A souper day.” It’s his thing, you see. Warren owns and operates the Soup Shack, a quirky lit...
The Mabel Files: Centre Market Gerry Griffith April 13, 2015 3 The Mabel Files: Part 11 Learning the Colorful History of a Keystone Wheeling Neighborhood It was a sweltering July Saturday in 1938, when Mabel spotted the “for rent” sign in the window of the little sto...
Coleman’s Still Fresh After 100 Years Steve Novotney January 31, 2015 By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com He still blushes when his customers offer him the usual rave reviews. His face literally turns red with appreciation, and he can utter only four words in return – “Thank you ...
Beer is Back in Wheeling Steve Novotney January 11, 2015 1 By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com (Editor's Note: To listen to Steve's entire interview with Josh, click on the podcast link at the bottom of the page.) It’s a product of saccharification, the process of b...
That Fabulous Tree Is Talking Again! Steve Novotney December 7, 2014 3 By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com Her eyes didn’t move from side to side, so you really didn’t know when IT would come. Sometimes you strolled in front of her with your folks, and other times you jumped su...
Dream Realized With A Twist Marilyn Mull November 11, 2014 1 By Marilyn Mull Weelunk Contributor Dorothy’s mantra in the The Wizard of Oz, “There’s no place like home,” resonates in Stacey Nau Taylor’s philosophy as one of Wheeling’s newest female entrepreneurs. Tayl...
“Eat, or We Both Starve!” Derrick McKee November 9, 2014 3 I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I’m a foodie. I absolutely love going out to dinner with my wife to try something I’ve never heard of before (like gorgonzola-stuffed, bacon-wrapped figs) at a new...
