NEW LENOX, IL — No one is more excited to see North & Maple in New Lenox open than its owner—and it’s almost time. “That sign went up, and my phone would not stop,” he said laughing, of the day they swapped the Bulldog Ale House signage for the North & Maple one. It’s been nearly a year since Jimmy […]

SWAMPSCOTT, MA — Months of spirited discussions and often heated and divisive public comment and debate on how to proceed with the $1.8 million town purchase of the 12-24 Pine Street property culminated with a Select Board vote Thursday night to accept a land-use agreement that calls for a three-story senior veteran-preference housing development and the movement of the current […]

CONNECTICUT — It all began with The Lights. Around two centuries before Christ was born, the Maccabees drove the Greek army from the Temple and re-lit its menorah. One day’s worth of oil burned for eight, and Chanukah lights have been lit annually to commemorate the miracle ever since. The festival of Diwali is nothing less than the victory of […]

NEW JERSEY — A massive, $895 billion U.S. military spending bill has passed a vote in the Senate, although it got “no” votes from Cory Booker and Andy Kim in New Jersey. The U.S. Senate voted 85-14 to pass its version of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Wednesday. The bill got “yes” votes from half of New […]