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Rysing Star Dance Academy Opens Studio Where All Dancers Can Shine

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...

Oliver’s Pies Voted Best Pie in West Virginia

Alex Panas

January 15, 2021

Whether you are celebrating a special occasion, or just in the mood for a sweet treat, Wheelingites know that Oliver’s Pies is the place to go. Now, thanks to Yelp and USA Today, Oliver’s Pies has earned the ti...

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...

Wheeling West Virginia contributes to social change

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

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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

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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

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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

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“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

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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...

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