There’s No Business Like Snow Business at Oglebay’s Slopes Laura Jackson Roberts February 8, 2019 The first thing Nick Janovich, Oglebay’s golf course superintendent and ski area manager, wants you to know about the ski slope at the Nutting Winter Sports Complex is that he can’t just whip up a batch of snow...
Rescues Find Forever Homes With The Road Home Animal Project Laura Jackson Roberts January 25, 2019 1 We’ve all got that friend on social media who shares photos of shelter animals. That’s how I found The Road Home Animal Project. The non-profit organization in St. Clairsville, Ohio, is run entirely by voluntee...
Oglebay’s Holiday Tradition: The Best Light Laura Jackson Roberts November 9, 2018 The Festival of Lights is Oglebay’s crown jewel, and on Thursday, Nov. 8, it went live for its 33rd year. That’s a lot of years, a lot of light and a lot of excited young faces hanging out car windows. Many of ...
Happy Trails to Oglebay Laura Jackson Roberts November 6, 2018 Right now, people are walking in Oglebay Park. Some walk with dogs, some run through the woods. Some walk with a cane or motor along in an electric power-chair. Parents push strollers, and kids run ahead, aroun...
KAYAKING OUR CREEKS (Part 1): Paddling With Care Laura Jackson Roberts August 8, 2018 I recently paddled Wheeling Creek for the first time. I’ve paddled other rivers like the Youghiogheny, the South Branch and the Cheat. I’ve meant to do Wheeling Creek — it was just a matter of logistics. All ou...
Oglebay’s Access to the Parks Program Provides Opportunities for Togetherness Laura Jackson Roberts July 4, 2018 When we think back to our own childhoods in the Ohio Valley, we likely find our memories are inextricably intertwined with the green hills of Oglebay Park. There are many storied traditions. Some families spend...
Wheeling Says “We Care” Stacey Miller Sacco June 30, 2018 On Saturday, June 30, more than 100 locals joined with people in more than 650 other locations nationwide to participate in the Families Belong Together March. The Wheeling We Care march was organized locally b...
Park Drive-In Movies Bring Back Memories Hanna Perry June 29, 2018 As I sat in my car for the weekly drive-in movie at Wheeling Park, I found myself recollecting memories from my childhood. The nostalgia and uniqueness of the movie experience reminded me of the trips I took in...
Hop on Over to the Zoo Brew at Good Zoo Laura Jackson Roberts June 20, 2018 For one night each June at the Oglebay Good Zoo, the kids go home. The strollers roll away, the little red wagons head out, and the calls for popcorn and train rides fade into the evening sunset. After regular ...
Exhibit Brings Greatest Generation to Front Line Christina Fisanick June 5, 2018 Each year we lose nearly 400 veterans from World War II. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs statistics, only 558,000 of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II were alive in 2017. ...
‘Edgers’ Set for Wheeling YWCA Benefit Steve Novotney August 17, 2017 They are called, “edgers,” and yeah, there’s a reason. These people get on an elevator at the bottom of an eight-story building, and then walk through a maze of renovation to stairs that steeply lead to a sm...
Old Alley House: A Wheeling Treasure Steve Novotney June 17, 2017 5 The property description is very trendy these days. Loft apartment, fully updated kitchen and bathroom, garage, a living space, an enclosed and shared courtyard, and bedroom walking distance from the downtow...
Hughes Design Gallery Reopening Weelunk Staff April 24, 2017 2 A Woman and her Calling If you’ve driven by the Hughes Design and Gift Gallery on National Rd. in Fulton, you’ve probably found yourself wondering about that fashionable, high-end “gift shop” tucked in among...
Historic Footbridge Alive With Memories Steve Novotney April 22, 2017 7 Once upon a long time ago the Buch & Donavan Drug Store, the Rose Bowl, the Minute Market, and Ye Olde Alpha were on one side of it, and on one the other side Wheeling College, the Pleasanton ball field and...
Greyhounds Vital To Wheeling’s Renaissance Steve Novotney April 4, 2017 2 The Senate voted 19-15. The House of Delegates voted 56-44. And now Senate Bill 437, legislation that would eliminate the West Virginia Greyhound Breeders Fund, rests on the desk of Gov. Jim Justice, and ...
Woodsdale Students Code Robots to Victory Steve Novotney January 26, 2017 Pictured above Left to Right: Campbell Koegler, Alex Taylor, Grant Kenamond, Kathryn Prather, Max Hill Four of these five fifth graders prefer C3PO over R2D2, and they know more than most do about robot...
Bethlehem Star Still Shines Over Wheeling Steve Novotney December 25, 2016 1 If you enjoy stories like this one and want to keep reading more positive stories about Wheeling, WV, be sure to like us on facebook here: Weelunk. It’s larger than you expect, but smaller than you...
Culture and Community Growing in South Wheeling Josh Smith September 26, 2016 The city of Wheeling, W.Va. has a rich and colorful history. Wheeling was home to many prosperous businesses including iron, steel, and tobacco industries. Wheeling remains a historical city today. One group pr...
Photos: Arts & Culture Fest 2016 Monica Mull June 28, 2016 Two weekends ago, I had the pleasure of attending the 6th annual Wheeling Arts Fest. This year was slightly different from previous years; the Arts Fest and the Upper Ohio Valley Multi-Cultural Festival combine...
Green Thumbs Up for Wheeling’s Grow Ohio Valley Steve Novotney May 18, 2016 1 It was a difficult year, 2015 was, for Grow Ohio Valley, but not because the people in the Wheeling area haven’t responded to their efforts to supply locally grown, healthful foods. The culprit, no question,...
Ziegenfelder’s Twin Pops Are Tops Steve Novotney November 22, 2015 1 She knew what Daddy did but seldom was offered a taste of what he did. That’s because, if Lisa Allen, her older sister, Karen, younger sister Tobie, or younger brothers Pete, and Ed, wanted some Ziegenfelder...
Duvall’s Has Kept Me Watching For 49 Years Bill Hanna September 7, 2015 2 One of the mainstay, small, family owned businesses in Wheeling is Duvall TV and Appliance located at 1125 National Road. The place has been here (not always at its current location) since Harry Duvall founded ...
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...
Annual Italian Festival All About Scholarships Steve Novotney July 24, 2015 1 There is one giant-sized detail many local residents do not realize while visiting the Granddaddy of all festivals staged on Wheeling’s riverfront despite the fact that it has been the lone focus since 1982. ...
Through the Generations, a Legacy of Success Derrick McKee March 6, 2015 By Derrick McKee Weelunk Contributor As you sit at one of the high-top tables circling the bar with your burger and beer-battered fries or walk across the new causeway to the outdoor patio overl...
Do Something: The 19th Annual Celtic Celebration Derrick McKee March 1, 2015 By Derrick McKee Weelunk Contributor Dust off your flat-cap, buy a green shirt, and iron out your fun pants because my absolute favorite event of the year -- the 19th Annual Wheeling Celtic Cele...
Neighborhood Memories Alive In Woodsdale Steve Novotney February 7, 2015 13 By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com (Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles that will include profiles on each of Wheeling’s established neighborhoods.) This is a tough tale for me to tell...
Neighborhoods: Pleasanton Sharon Goudy November 22, 2014 1 By Sharon Goudy Weelunk.com Contributor Based around the small, idyllic, fictional town of Mayberry, “The Andy Griffith Show” debuted in the 1960s and remains beloved by many, with today’s TV Land showing...
Elm Grove Is Defined By Its Uniqueness Steve Novotney November 17, 2014 10 By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com (Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles that will include profiles on each of Wheeling’s established neighborhoods.) No other neighborhood in Wheeling i...
