Friendlier City Project Celebrates Community at Inaugural “Queer Thanksgiving” Ellen Brafford McCroskey November 30, 2022 Thanksgiving is a favorite holiday for many people. After all, what’s not to love about family and friends gathered together to share a great meal and count their blessings? However, for those in the LGBTQ+ com...
This Thanksgiving, Have The Conversation of a Lifetime Alex Panas November 23, 2022 As a platform dedicated to telling Wheeling’s story, the team here at Weelunk is familiar with what it takes to have engaging conversations with interesting people and turn them into meaningful stories. Jonatha...
Wheeling Chef Shares Her Secret For Making The Best Pumpkin Pie Melissa Rebholz November 18, 2022 What's the secret to making the best pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving? The answer might surprise you...it's butternut squash! Why? Not all pumpkins are created equal. The larger pumpkins we buy just befor...
The Friendlier City Project Presents: A Queer Thanksgiving! Ellen Brafford McCroskey November 14, 2022 The Friendlier City Project is hosting its first Queer Thanksgiving celebration on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. at the Wheeling Yacht Club, 2 - 5th Street in North Wheeling. The event is open to l...
Cultural Appropriation in Wheeling: History of the Improved Order of Red Men Emma Wiley November 27, 2020 Editors Note: Weelunk, as a subsidiary of Wheeling Heritage, is committed to telling diverse, nuanced, and difficult histories, especially when those narratives occur in our own backyard. The line between cultu...
Italian American Holiday Traditions in the Ohio Valley Melissa Rebholz November 26, 2020 Immigrants from Italy have long played a role in the economy of West Virginia. By 1910 Italian-Americans made up 30 percent of the population. Entering the United States by way of Ellis Island, the majority of ...
Holiday Helpers: Giving Back to the Ohio Valley Rosemary Ketchum November 23, 2020 The holidays look quite a bit different this year. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many of the habits and routines we’ve all come to know and take for granted. Whether you’re zooming into your family Christma...
LACE UP YOUR SNEAKERS FOR THE OGLEBAY TURKEY TROT 5K Lindsey McGlaughlin November 18, 2017 Looking to burn off some of those Thanksgiving calories? Lace up your sneakers and join us for the Turkey Trot 5K, slated for Saturday, Nov. 25 at Oglebay. The race will begin and end in the Good Zoo parking l...
Simple Twist of Fate Brian Wilson November 23, 2016 This piece of paper may seem insignificant but I assure you that it tells an interesting story with a very important lesson for me. Rehanging a door last summer, I found this slip of paper being used as a sh...