Unity Center Designated as Project BEST Community Project Provided November 14, 2019 Project BEST, a joint effort by the Upper Ohio Valley Building & Construction Trades Council and the Ohio Valley Construction Employers Council, has stepped up to do what they can to fight for the commu...
PROFILES IN PERSEVERANCE: Meet Susan Hagan Ellen Brafford McCroskey October 2, 2019 Editor's note: In this series, Weelunk readers will meet their neighbors who are successfully navigating the road of recovery. Like any road trip, recovery has stretches of smooth highway as well as the occasio...
PROFILES IN PERSEVERANCE: Meet Mary Hess Ellen Brafford McCroskey August 20, 2019 Editor's note: In this series, Weelunk readers will meet their neighbors who are successfully navigating the road of recovery. Like any road trip, recovery has stretches of smooth highway as well as the occasio...
Recovery Center Puts the UNITY in CommUNITY Ellen Brafford McCroskey January 2, 2019 “People are making positive choices every single day when they walk through our doors,” says Mary Hess, executive director of the Unity Center in Benwood. The Unity Center is a place of community, support and e...
WVNCC to Host Events for National Substance Abuse Prevention Month Provided October 10, 2018 West Virginia Northern Community College will celebrate National Substance Abuse Month with two events that are open to the public on the Wheeling campus. On Monday, Oct. 15, WVNCC will host a screening of t...
Mother Finds Her Passion Along Road To Recovery Ellen Brafford McCroskey September 18, 2018 “Sometimes, the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” – Barbara Kingsolver No mother plans to raise a child who struggles with substance use disorder; that is not among the hopes and dreams o...
Unity Center Provides Path to Recovery Steve Novotney April 28, 2017 It says what it says above the main door into the Unity Center in Center Wheeling – “Leave Your Ego at the Door” – but by the time people seek the help that’s inside their self-esteem is the lowest in their liv...
Help The Unity Center Battle Addiction Steve Novotney December 16, 2015 She is involved because it is where life led her, and now Wheeling resident Diana Mey is doing what she can to raise awareness about a sanctuary that her family found in order to deal with the realities of addi...
