A Love Letter to Winter Vegetables Melissa Rebholz January 5, 2021 I haven’t always loved winter vegetables. It wasn’t until I started managing farmer’s markets in my 20’s in NYC that I learned the names and uses for many of the gnarly-shaped roots that covered the farmers’ ta...
Paw Paw Season in West Virginia Melissa Rebholz September 23, 2020 “Now when you pick a paw paw or a prickly pear and you pick a raw paw, next time beware.” - The Jungle Book, 1967. As a late-70’s baby and child of the 80’s, I had only ever heard of a paw paw in the animate...
Wheeling, Partners Awarded $100,000 Aetna Foundation Grant to Advance Health Equity in Ohio County Provided July 15, 2020 The City of Wheeling’s Department of Parks and Recreation, along with several Ohio County partners, have been selected to receive a $100,000 grant as part of the Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge, a pr...
From the Yard to Your Plate — Adding Flavor to Your Salad Melissa Rebholz June 10, 2020 Disclaimer: Weelunk cares about your health and safety. Before touching or eating anything out in the wild, we recommend seeking the input of a naturalist or other certified expert. If you have concerns about a...
Community Gardens: Green and Growing in Wheeling Laura Jackson Roberts May 26, 2020 With Victory Gardens springing up all over the Ohio Valley and residents reconnecting with the land and the time-honored tradition of working it, it’s a good time to take a look at community gardens. THE...
Come to Serve, Stay to Build: AmeriCorps Alumni Take Part in Wheeling’s Renaissance NIck Musgrave January 28, 2020 Nearly 650 AmeriCorps members come to the Mountain State each year to complete a term of service in West Virginia communities. Of these, approximately two dozen serve annually right here in the Friendly City th...
A Natural Pair: The Public Market and Downtown Wheeling Phyllis Sigal October 18, 2019 Baskets of plump, red apples piled high. Shelves chock full of organic offerings. Carts lined up, waiting for fresh chickens, grass-finished lamb, artisanal cheeses, pickled peppers and fresh-baked bread. It...
(Williams Lea) Tag — You’re It Phyllis Sigal March 1, 2019 Along with the fact that there are 100 job openings, why should you consider working at Williams Lea Tag? Because it “feels like home, like family,” said Jennifer Materkoski, senior manager of communications...
SAY VEGGIES! Grow OV Celebrates $50,000 Grant With Community NIck Musgrave August 15, 2018 The inviting smells of freshly cooked food and the sound of string music filled the air at the corner of 15th and Jacob streets in East Wheeling Wednesday afternoon. Amidst shoppers picking up groceries at the ...
Come Learn About the Public Market Weelunk Staff October 3, 2017 5 The Public Market Meeting is this Wednesday! Join us for an opportunity to hear more about the Public Market project, engage in a conversation about future plans, and express your interest in ...
Grow Ohio Valley Seeks Hosts Sam Amberg April 30, 2017 Early this summer, another four AmeriCorps service members will arrive in Wheeling to assist Grow Ohio Valley in its mission of establishing a robust local food economy. They will remain here for separate amoun...
Journalist Finds Home, Happiness In East Wheeling Steve Novotney January 15, 2017 2 She loves, and not only her husband and their children and not just her folks and his folks and all of their friends they’ve made along a daunting path back to the city of Wheeling. Glynis Board, without fai...
Grow OV Partners with Wheeling Health Right Steve Novotney July 27, 2016 As soon as a vegetable is picked from its vine, it begins to lose nutritional value, and those foods are not sold with a “Born on” date, either. Google it – “Are fresh or frozen vegetables healthier for you?...
Grow Ohio Valley Seeds New Partnership In North Wheeling Steve Novotney June 28, 2016 Some shrug it off, this effort to grow fruits and vegetables on local land, because they are used to visiting grocery stores instead of farmers’ markets and do not see any reason to change that mode of operatio...
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,...
Grow Ohio Valley Breaks Old Ground, Wins Award Glynis Board February 19, 2016 Photos by Glynis Board Story courtesy of Weelunk partner West Virginia Public Broadcasting Accompanying story here: Listen The Lincoln Home site used to be several apartment buildings, but was demolished...
Hunger in the Valley: How eating right can change a region Lee Chottiner October 26, 2015 This article is presented via a Weelunk partnership with Dateline:Wheeling. For more great Lee Chottiner stories, poetry, and images that focus on Wheeling, go to DatelineWheeling.com. Hun-ger /ˈhəN...
Speakers Series to Address Social Action Issues Lee Chottiner October 8, 2015 Time for Change: Speakers series to address social action issues in Wheeling Temple Shalom will begin its second annual social action lecture series at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, in the synagogue's socia...
Q&A – Ken Peralta: “We Think We Have Something Here.” Steve Novotney August 30, 2015 2 The people of Wheeling got lucky one day four and a half years ago. That’s when Ken Peralta made a few decisions that significantly changed his life as well as improved the quality of life for many in the Fr...
Grow Ohio Valley Offering New CSA Program Steve Novotney August 18, 2015 1 Local residents interested in consuming healthier fruits and vegetables now have the opportunity to take advantage of Grow Ohio Valley’s Community Supported Agriculture program. Ken Peralta, executive direct...
