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Main Street to Mountains: A Wheeling Portrait

WHEELING – An array of artwork showcasing local scenes from the Wheeling area are now on display this summer at the Wheeling Artisan Center's first floor. The showcase is part of Wheeling Heritage's Main Street to Mountains: A Wheeling Portrait, a community-driven plein air art experience ...

KrugerFest Showcases Vintage Toys

WHEELING – The Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum in Elm Grove, Wheeling, is hosting KrugerFest – a Wheeling & Dealing Vintage Toy Show. Displays by vintage toy dealers will be open to the public Saturday, July 11. For more information, visit wheelingkrugerfest.com.

Program Looks at Singing Sisters of Mount St. Joseph

WHEELING – The Ohio County Public Library's next Lunch With Books program will take a look at The Singing Sisters of Mount St. Joseph. The program will take place at noon on Tuesday, July 14, at the library in downtown Wheeling. Dr. Chuck Julian will present “From Bach To Broad-way: Harmonically Exploring The Singing Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph.” During 1964 and 1965, a group of talented women religious from the Sisters of Saint Joseph in Wheeling shared their musical gifts by touring in concerts throughout the State of West Virginia and Wheeling Diocese to raise much needed ...

Sink or Swim

I cannot remember a time in my life that I didn’t enjoy swimming. While we didn’t have a pool in our backyard, a few neighbors did. If we behaved ourselves, we would be invited to enjoy a dip in one of those pools.  I also cannot remember a time when I did not know how to swim. I had the advantage of three older siblings who were willing to keep me and my younger siblings afloat while we learned the crawl, the breaststroke and backstroke.  Even better was the fact that our parents enrolled us in the summer day camp held at Oglebay Park. It was there that my true love of the ...

Master Gardeners Welcome Herb Society Speakers

WHEELING – The speakers at the Tuesday, July 14, meeting of the Ohio County Master Gardeners will be Linda Dunlap and Kathie Roth, Master Gardners and members of the Herb Society. They will be talking about the different types of herb gardens and the different uses of herbs. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Vance Memorial Church, 905 National Road, Wheeling. The Herb Society meets the first Wednesday of the month at the Ohio County Public Library. Each month there is a speaker who will discuss herbs or other plants. After the speaker, the monthly business meeting is held. ...