STERLING, VA — Growing up, Chanel Grant and her sister Lauren Williamson watched their parents be entrepreneurs and build businesses. They even had a business in Sterling and lived there for a while. Although the family moved on with the business and the sisters went to college, they later came back to the thought of doing business together. “My mom, […]

JOLIET — Three-and-half years after Joliet police officer Brian Lanton shot Cunningham neighborhood resident Cord Whitmore in the chest at Whitmore’s mother’s house where he lived, the Joliet 33-year-old now finds himself facing a new charge: obstructing a peace officer. A criminal complaint submitted by the Joliet Police Department indicates Whitmore knowingly obstructed the performance of Officer M. Long during […]

JOLIET — Two days after 18-year-old Joliet resident Marquis Lee stole someone’s Dodge Durango, he was captured hiding in the woods after trying to avoid the Joliet police who were after him, arrest reports show. Now, Lee is being held in Yorkville’s Kendall County Jail, where he’s facing charges of possession of a stolen motor vehicle plus obstructing a peace […]

BRISTOL, RI — Bristol, in partnership with NuGen Capital and Toray Plastics, celebrated the opening of a 20,000-panel solar array at the former landfill on Minturn Farm Road with a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday. With the launch of the array, the site became the largest capped solar landfill in Rhode Island, according to town officials. The 6.875-mega watt solar site […]

CONCORD, NH — The city’s board of ethics cleared the chairman of the Transportation Policy Advisory Committee (TPAC) of any wrongdoing after he gave a brief overview related to a project he was employed to work on without recusing himself, in the first of its two meetings to discuss complaints against officials. Click Here: Ruben Dias Jersey Sale In late […]

SAN DIEGO, CA — To keep your weekend fun and lively, Patch has rounded up some entertaining events going on throughout the San Diego region — from the southern border, to East County, through beach towns, to the uppermost points of North County and communities in between. Some are free. Some have a fee. Whether you opt for an activity […]

NORTH HEMPSTEAD, NY — Another 500,000 spat-on-shell oysters have been planted in Manhasset Bay thanks to $100,000 in funding secured by US Rep. Tom Suozzi. This is the latest effort in an initiative introduced by Council Member Mariann Dalimonte in 2022 to restore clean water and oyster beds to the bay, which is so polluted that shellfishing for the few […]

WEST ISLIP, NY — Suffolk County Arson Squad is investigating a garage fire that firefighters battled in West Islip on Monday, Suffolk County police told Patch. Fire department officials said a call reported a structure fire in a residence at North Briarwood Avenue around 10:2o p.m. Officials said First Assistant Chief Robert Celeste was on scene and confirmed an active […]

CANTON, CT — Local officials are mulling a proposal floated by town employees that would grant them a three-day weekend — permanently. The proposal, discussed without any action being taken on July 10, calls for Canton Town Hall offices to be closed on Fridays, with full-time workers working on longer days Monday through Thursday. According to local officials, staff members […]

CRYSTAL LAKE, IL — The Crystal Lake City Council approved putting up two signs near Crystal Lake Central High School commemorating the baseball teams’ first-ever state championship. The team stopped out to a July 16 city council meeting where they were presented with the signs by city officials. Click Here: Alfa Romeo Racing Suit Mayor Haig Haleblian read a proclamation […]