SMART Center Finds a New Home DowntownWheeling Heritage Media November 3, 2023Earlier this year, Libby and Robert Strong made a life-changing decision. After more than a decade of operating their science...
COVID-19: Experience Arts, Culture and History in Wheeling While Social DistancingBetsy Sweeny April 2, 2020Editor’s note: At Weelunk, we’re all about keeping you connected to your community. Because that looks a little different right...
Centre Wheeling’s Dinosaur Named After ScientistPhyllis Sigal February 26, 2020heeling, meet Gideon — the T. rex that can be seen bursting through the second-floor window at the SMART Centre...
Community Foundation, Women’s Giving Circle Award GrantsProvided February 20, 2020The Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley (CFOV) and the Women’s Giving Circle awarded grants this week totaling over $105,000....
SHOW OF HANDS: Female Entrepreneur Edition Set for WednesdayPhyllis Sigal January 21, 2020“On my own I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn’t, I’ll create something...
Couple Makes Strong Case for Dinosaur Project, Wins By a Head at Show of HandsPhyllis Sigal October 23, 2019hat do you call a T. rex who can’t accept defeat? … A “saur” — (sore!) — loser. Well, that...
No Shortage of Good Food … and Dinosaurs … at Upcoming Show of HandsPhyllis Sigal October 22, 2019ne is shooting for a “dino-mite” win. Another is no chicken in this match. A third is really working it...
A VIEW FROM THE MOON: First Footprints on the Moon — 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11Robert E. Strong July 20, 2019or untold generations, human beings had looked at the moon and wondered … What was it? Was it a God?...
Party On, Kids!Stacey Miller Sacco June 14, 2019Editor’s note: In an effort to help Wheeling families navigate what’s offered here, this story presents some options for kids’...
A VIEW FROM THE MOON: SMART-Center Turns 25 — 50 Years Ago (Part 1)Robert E. Strong April 30, 2019n elementary school, I labored under the common misconception that persists with most youngsters unabated to this day. I thought...
Grand Vue Park Offers Grand Adventure Leadership CampsBen Bolock March 8, 2019If you ask adults to reminisce about their youth, many will give memories of their experience at summer camp. Summer...
A VIEW FROM THE MOON: Total Lunar Eclipse — Sun, Earth, Moon SyzygyRobert E. Strong January 19, 2019Allow me to introduce you to one of my favorite words, a word that may be new to most of...
A VIEW FROM THE MOON: The Golden Anniversary of the Apollo 8 Earthrise ImageRobert E. Strong December 15, 2018For the vast majority of the human tenure on this planet, the surface of the Earth — or very near...
A VIEW FROM THE MOON: An IntroductionRobert E. Strong October 16, 2018Years ago, nearly 46 to be more exact, I was a freshman in high school. I was 14 1/2 years old,...
Do Your Bidding; Drink Some Chocolate; Check Out Some TinWeelunk Staff May 3, 2018MMM … CHOCOLATE Do you like freshly baked, cooked, grilled and melted chocolate? How about chocolate beer? If so, then...
