Oliver’s Pies Voted Best Pie in West Virginia Alex Panas March 14, 2022 Originally published on January 15, 2021 In honor of National Pi Day, we're throwing it back to an article about a different kind of pie. Learn how one Wheeling bakery earned the title of "Best Pie in We...
New Bar with a Long History Opens in South Wheeling Melissa Rebholz October 19, 2021 As the new Silver Rail Bar and Grill opens in South Wheeling under the ownership of Steven Mitchell and Ezra Hamilton, it’s just the latest iteration of a neighborhood bar that has been serving the community si...
The Many Lives of the 1400 Block of Market Street Emma Wiley September 6, 2021 The historic 1400 Block of Market Street has seen many businesses over the years, from restaurants and saloons to car companies and candy shops. Based on extant records and architectural styles, the current bui...
WATCH: The Public Market and the Farmers Who Feed Wheeling Wheeling Heritage Media August 4, 2021 The first week of August celebrates farmers across the country with National Farmers Market Week. As local produce becomes more abundant throughout the summer, it’s a great time to show appreciation for the agr...
How a Wheeling Company Became One of the Country’s Largest Pharmaceutical Giants Emma Wiley July 19, 2021 Taking a first pass through Wheeling’s history, you would certainly notice the prevalence of industries such as glass, nails, stogies, and steel. Dozens of books have been written about the city’s factories and...
Wheeling’s Beloved Cobbler Closing Shop But Opening New Opportunity Rich Wooding June 25, 2021 If you’ve walked down Market Street recently, you may have noticed a new “for sale” sign in one of its windows. After 116 years of business, Joe Campeti, owner of Campeti's General Shoe Hospital, has decided to...
Spring Has Sprung at Russell Nesbitt’s GROW Greenhouse Jennifer Materkoski May 12, 2021 Spring is officially underway and many around the Ohio Valley are looking to freshen up their landscaping and curb appeal with new plants and flowers. Now open for the season, the Greenhouse Retail Operation at...
Wheeling’s Consignment Shops Inspire Jessica Broverman March 15, 2021 Discovering the perfect, vintage designer handbag. Finally getting your hands on a gorgeous two-seater sofa to complete your living room. It’s the thrill of finding that one-of-a-kind item or scoring a killer d...
Rysing Star Dance Academy Opens Studio Where All Dancers Can Shine Joelle Moray February 10, 2021 Lots of people have skills and education. Lots of people have dreams and passions that have nothing to do with their ‘day job.’ But some people are able to combine their skills and their passion together to mak...
Martha Leos: 40 Years as a Wheeling Seamstress & Tailor Wheeling Heritage Media January 27, 2021 Fashion trends come and go, but a perfectly-tailored outfit is always in style. Wheeling seamstress and tailor Martha Leos knows this better than anyone. She’s spent her 40-year career working inside many of th...
WATCH: Ziegenfelder – A Look Inside Wheeling Heritage Media December 28, 2020 Since 1861, Ziegenfelder has been bringing smiles to people’s faces near and far with their sweet treats. The family-owned company began with producing candy, but over time has evolved to become one of the larg...
Stages Continues to Create, Despite Hardship Rosemary Ketchum November 9, 2020 “You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.” —Edith Head Owning a small business is tough. Navigating a global pandemic as a small business? Very tough. Wheeling has seen it’s fair share ...
Ice Cream, You Scream … Summertime Treats on the Move Rich Wooding September 4, 2020 Youngstown, Ohio, the early 1920s: Harry Burt starts freezing wooden sticks inside chocolate-covered ice cream bars so you could eat the product without using utensils. Soon thereafter, he hit the road, selling...
Positive and Progressive: Wheeling Makes Social Change Happen Ellen Brafford McCroskey July 10, 2020 Wheeling has received national attention after voting in West Virginia’s first openly transgender elected official, Rosemary Ketchum. Now, we reflect on the significance of recent steps taken by the city to be more inclusive.
WATCH: Campeti’s General Shoe Hospital Wheeling Heritage Media February 25, 2020 The story of Wheeling's longest running shoe repair shop, and the owner's search for an apprentice. Original Story: https://weelunk.com/third-generation-campeti-puts-heart-into-soles/...
Little Library Kiosk Whisks You Away to Story Land Nora Edinger November 19, 2019 There are LIBRARIES. And, there are libraries One of the latter — a wee kiosk of books and stripey art — popped up in recent days in the Woodsdale neighborhood of Wheeling. The work of middle schooler Jayma ...
Carney’s Life Path Takes Him Home Steve Novotney July 1, 2017 1 Literally, it is down on Main Street past the Eckhart House and Uncle Pete’s and Happy Goat Yoga and the Wilson Playground, and the legendary tavern has re-opened after a brief closure with new ownership in pla...
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...
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...
Cerrone’s Good Mansion Wines Offers Imported Tastes Steve Novotney August 1, 2015 It’s really all happened by chance. The acquisition of the historic L.S. Good Mansion on 14th Street in East Wheeling; making the decision that a specialty wine shop could flourish in the Friendly City; expa...
Area Business Naturally Rubs People The Right Way Steve Novotney June 12, 2015 2 “Nature Itself is the Best Physician.” That’s what the chalkboard sign outside Under the Elder Tree reads. It quotes Hippocrates, one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medical science. And...
“Young Blood” At Helm of Historic Wheeling Tool Business Glynis Board May 24, 2015 In an age of globalization and a shrinking manufacturing sector, two young men in Wheeling are hedging their bets and running with a business idea that first took off in 1854. Hand-forged tools actually took of...
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...
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...
