Transforming your space
There's no need to feel stuck in your house. You can still move out and up within your own home. The latest lifestyle trend is shuffling the old floor plan -- without adding on -- to make our living spaces new again.
Dining Notes: Restaurant openings, closings, menu additions and more
"Top Chef" Season 7 contestant Kenny Gilbert plans to open an island-themed restaurant in Jacksonville Beach in mid November. Gilbert told his followers on Twitter recently that he'd just completed designs for the kitchen ("European Island Style open kitchen with a sweet Raw Bar") and prep area for his planned Nipper's USA restaurant, the first for his recently-formed Culinary Adventure Capital ...
Customers, Restaurant Owner React To Salmonella Scare
A popular Mexican restaurant in southwest Bakersfield was forced to shut their doors Thursday, after four people were sickened with salmonella poisoning. Two of them remain hospitalized.
Municipal renovations near completion
POINT PLEASANT — The municipal courtroom sits empty and unfinished, a big enclosed space in the middle of borough hall that resembles the loft of a ski chalet.
Fine dining at the Village Green
Brent and Penny Jepperson, husband and wife co-owners of the Village Green Arts Center and Restaurant, believe that "it takes a village" to succeed. That is why they assembled a team of multitalented artists and made them part-owners in the business, instead of hiring them as employees. read more