Ruby's Diner opens in Genoa (River Valley Business Report)
Lois Banaszkiewicz and her brother, Larry Adkins, opened Ruby?s Diner last week at 500 Main St. in Genoa, Wis. It opened Wednesday at 500 Main St., in the former location of Londoners Bistro, Pub & Restaurant, which Banaszkiewicz said closed about three months ago....more...EarthTalk: honeybees, 'terminator' seeds (MSNBC)
Dear EarthTalk : What is causing the dramatic decline in honeybee populations in the U.S. and elsewhere in recent years, and what is being done about it?...more... Wilco pares down for simpler, more intimate work (The Pantagraph)
CHICAGO -- Wilco singer Jeff Tweedy sits at the kitchen table in the bandâ??s rehearsal space and recording studio, a third-story loft on the cityâ??s Northwest Side, and indulges a fetish for antique art....more... Unusual Designs Make Higgins Glass Easy To Spot (Hartford Courant)
In the 1940s and '50s, creative glassmakers who worked in their own styles were experimenting with new ways to shape and decorate glass. Michael Higgins and his wife, Frances, both artists, began making fused glass using an old method. ...more... Distinctive Higgins glass pieces are in demand (Everett Herald)
In the 1940s and '50s, creative glassmakers who worked in their own styles were experimenting with new ways to shape and decorate glass. Michael Higgins and his wife, Frances, both artists, began making fused glass using an old method. But they used new, colorful designs....more... News in brief (Holmen Courier)
Here are a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition, as well as a few news briefs that didn't make it in the paper....more... 'You'll think I'm a Madman' (The Observer)
The headquarters of Chanel are situated in two adjacent 18th-century buildings on the rue Cambon, in Paris, occupying a labyrinthine suite of rooms on five floors, above a street-level Chanel boutique....more... Washingtons a fabric of the community (The Robesonian)
W. C. Washington is often asked to give the invocation, offer grace before a meal, or give the benediction at various meetings. You get the feeling he has a direct line to the Almighty. A leader in the Downtown Lumberton Association, he is faithful to volunteer his services....more... |