WHEELING — Festive and colorful lights now line the roadways at Oglebay Park as the park turned on its annual holiday display for the public Thursday night.

A large crowd was present for “Light Up Night” at Wilson Lodge. Many went outside to join Santa and Michael Perkins, chief risk officer for WesBanco, as they flipped the switch to start the Oglebay Festival of Lights and the local holiday season.

It is an event that has taken place 41 consecutive years at the Park.

What’s new in the Winter Festival of Lights this holiday season is “Santa’s Village,” said Robert Peckenpaugh, president and CEO of the Wheeling Park Commission. The village is located near the Levenson Shelter where the “Winter Wonderland” was previously located.

In past years, Santa was set up at The Good Zoo. But now

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