Wheeling Heritage Show of Hands Archives

Women’s Giving Circle Inspires Giving Year-Round

November 26, 2019

As we celebrate Thanksgiving this week, being grateful and giving back to the community are at the forefront of many minds, but for one group of women in Wheeling, giving happens during more than just the holid...

Browsing With Book People at Vigilant Bookstore

Laura Jackson Roberts

November 25, 2019

Have you ever seen someone adrift in a bookstore? It can be a tiny space, and yet they look lost — not physically, but mentally. Maybe they draw the books up to their face to smell the paper and binding glue. M...

Couple Makes Strong Case for Dinosaur Project, Wins By a Head at Show of Hands

Phyllis Sigal

October 23, 2019

What do you call a T. rex who can’t accept defeat? ... A “saur” — (sore!) — loser. Well, that wasn’t the case for Robert and Libby Strong, proprietors of SMART Centre Market, who pitched their “dino-mite” pr...

No Shortage of Good Food … and Dinosaurs … at Upcoming Show of Hands

Phyllis Sigal

October 22, 2019

One is shooting for a "dino-mite" win. Another is no chicken in this match. A third is really working it for the dough. And the fourth one is hoping for a big serving of votes with a cool side of cash. At wh...

Winner Shows the Art of Generosity at Show of Hands

Phyllis Sigal

January 23, 2019

Wheeling Heritage’s Show of Hands event is the epitome of community: the community supports and votes, the prize money comes from community members and businesses, and the community benefits from the winner’s p...

Art? BBQ? Legos? Coffee? Time to Decide the Next Show of Hands Winner

Phyllis Sigal

January 22, 2019

Who will take home at least $3,500 on Wednesday from Wheeling Heritage's Show of Hands competition? Will it be Will Wallace from Clientele Art Studio? Or could Kyle Phair and family smoke the competition w...

America’s First Highway in Spotlight

Erin Rothenbuehler

October 25, 2018

The 2018 Ohio Valley History Expo will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of the completion of the National Road from Cumberland, Md., to Wheeling, (West) Virginia, with a number of events, beginning early ne...

Local Family-Run Dog Treat Company a Barking Success

Daniel Dorsch

August 29, 2018

A hometown sensation has set tails wagging across West Virginia — from Centre Market in Wheeling to the Tamarack cultural center in Beckley, and in farmers' markets and co-ops across the state. Built on a love ...

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