PARAMUS — The old Barnes & Noble site on Route 17 opened a new chapter on Tuesday. New Concepts for Living, a nonprofit serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, cut the ribbon on its state-of-the-art Achievement Center, about 15 months after the bookstore closed down after a 30-year run. With staff, clients, family members […]
Construction of Hyundai Motor Company’s $7.6 million electric-vehicle manufacturing plant near Savannah has made national headlines and upended the lives of residents in northern Bryan County. But one sentence buried deep in a 167-page environmental permit for the mega-project revealed some under-the-radar activity at the 2,450-acre site months before construction commenced in January 2023. The […]
A company will soon shift jobs from one downtown Detroit building to another. But this much-celebrated move — by General Motors out of the Renaissance Center next year and into the new Hudson’s site development — could come at an extra cost to the state. The planned relocation of GM’s global headquarters could trigger a […]
MISHAWAKA — A test of the city’s will to protect its new $40 million Juday Creek water wellfield from future chances of groundwater contamination is being played out with a developer’s request to build a gasoline station at Fir and Douglas roads. SEC Investments LLC is asking the city to rezone 2.3 acres at the […]
A big, round, 4,000-year-old stone building discovered on a Cretan hilltop is puzzling archaeologists and threatening to disrupt a major airport project on the Greek tourist island. Greece’s Culture Ministry said that the structure is a “unique and extremely interesting find” from Crete’s Minoan civilisation, famous for its sumptuous palaces, flamboyant art and enigmatic writing […]
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A big, round, 4,000-year-old stone building discovered on a Cretan hilltop is puzzling archaeologists and threatening to disrupt a major airport project on the Greek tourist island. Greece’s Culture Ministry said Tuesday that the structure is a “unique and extremely interesting find” from Crete’s Minoan civilization, famous for its sumptuous palaces, […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has emphasized Franco-German reconciliation as the foundation of a common Europe at the site of the worst Nazi massacre by SS troops in France during the World War II. “In this reconciliation lies the friendship between Germany and France and our Europe,” said Macron on Monday at a commemoration in Oradour-sur-Glane […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has emphasized Franco-German reconciliation as the foundation of a common Europe at the site of the worst Nazi massacre by SS troops in France during the World War II. “In this reconciliation lies the friendship between Germany and France and our Europe,” said Macron on Monday at a commemoration in Oradour-sur-Glane […]
Owner Chris Payne announced Friday he’s begun auctioning off the Topeka properties that formerly served as the site of Heartland Motorsports Park. The online-only auction runs through July 17 at Land Auction | Heartland Motorsports Park, Payne said in a news release. “A rare opportunity awaits those seeking prime real estate in the growing market […]
Well over a year after plans to redevelop the former Cocoa City Hall, currently being used as a gravel parking lot, into a hotel fell through, the city is looking forward with a new project that could bring a Marriott-branded hotel to the south end of Cocoa Village within two years. As Cocoa Village continues […]
Jun. 9—June 9, 1949, in The Star: A full-page ad proclaims the grand opening of Worthy’s Super Market at 420 Main Street, a business formerly known as Oxford Super Market. Sample prices include cigarettes for $1.76 per carton; a pound of Grade A sliced bacon, 49 cents; bananas for 14 cents per pound; and five […]
Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party will not be allowed to demonstrate on Friday evening on Mannheim’s market square where a police officer was stabbed to death a week ago. The ban follows a decision by the Administrative Court of Baden-Württemberg, the highest administrative court in the south-west state. The court upheld an appeal […]