WHEELING — The Main Street Bank Fantasy In Lights Parade will celebrate its 40th year in Wheeling in 2025 with a return to its usual route and an emphasis on nostalgia.

The parade is set for 6 p.m. Nov. 21. It will begin on Market Street at West Virginia Northern Community College, then proceed to 10th Street before taking a left down to Main Street. The route then proceeds back up Main Street before concluding in front of the property of parade sponsor Main Street Bank.

Recent years have seen the parade go in an opposite direction and proceed south through Center Wheeling before making right onto Main Street and proceeding down Main Street back to Main Street Bank.

But Wheeling’s downtown streetscape project is expected to be completed by the date of the parade, permitting it to return

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