WHEELING — As chief advancement officer of The Linsly School, improving the experience of students is always on Lea Ridenhour’s mind. While fundraising and alumni engagement are her primary responsibilities, Ridenhour is willing to tackle anything that falls into the category of ...
By ROBERT DEFRANK SHADYSIDE — Melanie Haswell is one of the figures moving the community forward in education and leadership as a teacher for Belmont County Juvenile Courts and as a teacher and Shadyside village councilwoman. Haswell is a teacher for any students in grades 5-12 that are ...
By SHELLEY HANSON GLEN DALE — Kara Gordon, site manager for the Cockayne Farmstead, doesn’t have a typical day at the “office” — and for her that’s quite all right. “The site is a farmhouse from 1850 that was left unchanged by the last family member, who lived there until ...
By ERIC AYRES WHEELING — Entrepreneurs daring to open a unique new business can attest to the fact that blazing a trail has its inherent challenges. The owners of ThrIVe in downtown Wheeling know first-hand what it takes to venture down a new path that can be tough to navigate. But ...
By DEREK REDD WHEELING — Joelle Moray was rolling along in a strong career in corporate communications, but during the COVID-19 pandemic, she saw things within the corporate world that stirred another of her longtime passions. She watched the people around her — successful, ...
By EMMA DELK WHEELING — After working with countless children as a child and adolescent psychiatrist, Jill Bradshaw has taken away an important lesson: There are always things in life that are out of your hands. To help patients and herself grapple with this idea, the Wheeling native ...
