Promising Downtown Wheeling Properties Available Steve Novotney March 18, 2016 2 What could be? What could become of two city-owned properties the municipality propped up for grabs three years ago? One property is along Main Street and directly across the street from the future Health...
Duffin Ironing Out Plans For Historic Building Steve Novotney March 4, 2016 12 This is happening for three very specific reasons. First, Kevin T. Duffin is a self-proclaimed gearhead. Second, he adores his bride, Patricia, and his three children. And finally, Duffin loves the fac...
Mayor’s Take on State of Downtown Wheeling Steve Novotney February 17, 2016 There is the good and the bad about downtown Wheeling right now. There’s no other option than to be honest about it. More people work today inside the Stone Center than even when the structure housed Stone &...
Falling Bricks Replaced by Downtown Growth Steve Novotney December 12, 2015 3 With every brick that fell, there was one local resident happy but another upset in a community torn between erasing what they always knew of downtown Wheeling and the critical need of evolution. The old Jup...
Holiday Spirits Available At Good Mansion Wines Steve Novotney November 25, 2015 Turkey and stuffing with yams, mashed potatoes, glazed carrots, cream peas, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie? But which wines would go best with such a feast? And what about the same ...
In Full Bloom: Nicky’s Garden Center Christina Fisanick October 11, 2015 2 On the way back from Sunday brunch at Oglebay, we decided to stop by Nicky's Garden Center's new location on Warden Run Road to buy my mother-in-law a flower for her birthday. What we found was a whol...
Guarded Optimism Expressed For Cracker Plant Steve Novotney September 26, 2015 It’s been called a “game changer” as far as employment is considered, and an announcement made by Ohio Gov. John Kasich at the beginning of September has made many in this Upper Ohio Valley feel optimistic abou...
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 ...
Commissioner Coffland and Today’s Belmont County Steve Novotney August 22, 2015 1 They sat back, and they watched from across the Ohio River as commissioners in Wetzel, Marshall, and Ohio counties handled an invasion by the natural gas and oil industries that began in 2007, and what they saw...
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...
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...
Improved ‘Walkability’ Is A Two-Way Street Steve Novotney July 8, 2015 15 Walkable? What’s not walkable? Downtown Wheeling? Not walkable? But there are sidewalks and crosswalks and push-button “I-wanna-walk’ buttons at every intersection, and trekking to DiCarlo’s or Depasqu...
Depasquale’s Trattoria Keeps It All In The Family Steve Novotney May 10, 2015 The children of Simone and Caterina DePasquale learned a few things from their parents about Italian traditions, hard work, and food preparation, and now they bring those lessons to Market Street in downtown Wh...
DiCarlo’s Pizza: A Family Affair Steve Novotney March 21, 2015 10 She can’t answer the question. She can tell you the story about how the business was started 70 years ago, and she can recite the long listing of tasks she tackles on a daily basis, but Toni DiCarlo cannot e...
Hospitality The Key For Hitchman’s Hampton Steve Novotney March 7, 2015 By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com He knows every employee by name even without peering at their ever-present name tags, and he greets each and every guest, often asking them if they are having fun during thei...
26003 Is IN Again, With Help From Magazine Steve Novotney February 27, 2015 1 By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com It’s Wheeling, a city with, surprisingly, only one zip code. 26003. That’s it, and these days, no matter the size of the city, it’s very rare. So why not use it? ...
Miklas: More than Just Meat Sarah Cuff Koegler February 15, 2015 2 By Sarah Koegler Weelunk Contributor My Weekly Stop I tie the dog’s leash to the railing on the stoop, help my boys prop their bikes against the wall, and walk into Miklas Meat Market. I’m usually greeted by...
Local Marketing Firm Brings California Ideas Home Derrick McKee February 11, 2015 By Derrick McKee Weelunk Contributor The clock was inching ever so slowly toward quitting time on a beautiful Friday in July as my very-British co-worker and I heard the first band at the Upper Ohio Valle...
Small Business Saturday Recap Allison Skibo December 1, 2014 By Allison Skibo In 2010, American Express started a new holiday shopping tradition when they trademarked Small Business Saturday. The mission is simple: help small businesses do more business. Weelunkers St...
Shop Local on Small Business Saturday Joelle Connors November 28, 2014 Photographs and story by Joelle Connors Regional Economic Development Partnership Few words signal the start of the holiday shopping season like Black Friday. Created by the big box chain stores to jump s...
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...
