Minority Owned Business Among Those Seeking Millions in Unpaid Services at Obama Library
CHICAGO, Ill. – Payment disputes involving subcontractors that worked on the Obama Presidential Center have drawn renewed attention following the opening of the landmark campus, with several firms claiming they are still…
Toms River-based fitness chain acquires 13 Planet Fitness locations
TOMS RIVER, N.J. – Grand Fitness Partners, one of the largest franchisees within the Planet Fitness system, today announced that it has acquired a portfolio of 13 Planet Fitness locations across Virginia from the Asbell…
Rita’s Italian Ice CEO goes Undercover Boss in Toms River
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Toms River will once again be the location for a hit television show as Rita’s Italian Ice CEO goes undercover. The area is famous for being featured on…
Columbus welcomes Another Broken Egg, inviting residents for cafe style breakfast and brunch
Columbus, OH – Another Broken Egg Cafe expanded on January 4, 2022, to Columbus, Ohio by opening its first new location in 2022 and its eighth location in the state. This is the first…
Brooklyn Dumpling Shop to open five locations throughout Philadelphia
New York, NY – Brooklyn Dumpling Shop, the nation’s fastest growing dumpling automat concept, is set to bring automat technology home with its signing of a multi-unit franchise deal in Philadelphia. Franchisees…
Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ coming to San Diego
SAN DIEGO, CA – Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ remains one of the fastest growing hot dog and BBQ franchises in the US. Crave is known for its delicious BBQ, not to mention…
Red Lobster names new Chief Marketing Officer
Orlando, FL – Red Lobster announced Patty Trevino will join its Senior Leadership Team in the newly created role of Chief Marketing Officer. Trevino comes to Red Lobster from CKE Restaurant Holdings, Inc.…
Green Turtle opening first new restaurant in 10 years
Columbia, MD – The Greene Turtle, a sports bar bringing people together over food and sports, announced the opening of a new corporate-owned restaurant in Gambrills, Maryland. The new location, set to open…
Farms Fail As Fertilizer Prices Soar
Soaring fertilizer prices across the globe have impacted farmers making it more expensive to produce food and forcing them to cut back on production, The Wall Street Journal reported. Diammonium phosphate, or…
Murphy signs New Jersey law to allow for online car sales, electronic signatures and online titling
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Ron Dancer’s bill permitting online car sales, e-signatures and e-titling was signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday. “The Covid-19 government lockdowns forced a hard look at…
Phil Murphy has a Jack Ciattarelli moment on Jeopardy when nobody knew who he was
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy had a Jack Ciattarelli moment this week after being the topic of a $1,000 answer on the hit television show Jeopardy. “In 2021 he…
Governor Murphy teases on lifting school mask mandate, but don’t count on it
TRENTON, NJ – As New Jersey begins to emerge from the other side of a month-long pandemic peak, due to the highly contagious, but mild omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, Governor…
Governor Murphy signs law that allows human trafficking victims to have certain crimes expunged
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips’ bill expunging the records of human trafficking victims who were convicted of certain crimes was signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday. New Jersey’s Human…
Irvington man arrested for illegally dumping tons of waste in Newark
NEWARK, NJ – Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara reports the arrest of Zaire B. Bowman, 25, of Irvington, who was illegally dumping solid waste on January 18, 2022. Police Officers…
National Retailer Calls MLK Holiday ‘Republicans Are Racists Weekend’ In Letter To Customers
A national spice retail company sent out an email to its customers calling Republicans “racist” before the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend. The Wisconsin-based Penzeys Spices company sent out an email…
Atlantic City bouncing back from pandemic with 29% revenue jump in December
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – Is Atlantic City back? Joe Lupo, President of the Atlantic City Casino association thinks so after it was announced the industry was up nearly $100 million in December,…
Gannett slashes 136 Saturday papers weeks after discontinuing local community weeklies
NEPTUNE, NJ – Gannett, Inc., a publicly-traded company and a struggling national print newspaper corporation that operates nine daily newspapers across New Jersey including our local Asbury Park Press and Home News…
World’s Largest Plastic Producers Ask UN For Global Treaty To Curb Plastic Pollution
A coalition of the world’s largest producers and users of plastic led by Coca Cola and PepsiCo urged the United Nations to create a legally binding treaty addressing plastic pollution. The more…
South Buffalo pizzeria owner pleads guilty for keeping $300k in employee payroll taxes
BUFFALO – Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 40-year-old Jason W. Seefeldt of Buffalo pleaded guilty this morning before Erie County Court Judge Sheila A. DiTullio to one count of Grand…
Mechanic pleads guilty to negligence for fatal crash
BUFFALO, NY – Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 50-year-old Allen J. Stirling of Lancaster pleaded guilty this morning before Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan to one count of Criminally…
Bloomfield Democrats try to block Christian values based Chik-fil-A Parkway rest stop restaurant
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Cancel culture is alive in predominantly blue New Jersey as the Bloomfield Mayor seeks to block a plan for Chik-fil-A, a conservative Christian-based corporation from locating its restaurant at…
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