Review: Growing pains as Tucker's Italian builds on Il Forno's legacy

For restaurant critic Mike Sutter, small plates build up to big rewards and minor setbacks at this historic East Side ...

Milan Cortina Olympics open with a ceremonial attempt at harmony

Four locations, one Olympic heartbeat. For the first time in Olympic Games history, Friday’s opening ceremony unfolded across multiple locations, all in northern Italy, the culmination of more than ...

Winter Olympics opening ceremony returns to Cortina 70 years later

Cortina last hosted the Winter Olympics in 1956, which changed the little mountain town forever. This year, it was part of a historic opening ceremony.
WBAY

SMALL TOWNS: Princeton wood carving club brings people together through craft

PRINCETON, Wis. (WBAY) — A love for wood carving has led to a weekly gathering at Princeton’s American Legion Hall, where the Wood Wizards Carving Club meets every Tuesday morning. 87-year-old Mario ...
Inc

Fake Online Ads Are Impersonating Small Businesses. Watch Out for These Red Flags

Melia & Co appears to be a small family-run business. The sweaters on its website feature a photo of a woman hand-knitting a Christmas design. The caption says that after decades of creating knitwear ...
Inc

Why Small Business Owners Remain Optimistic Despite Economic Red Flags

That was the top finding in the new report by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), whose monthly Confidence Index slipped 0.6 percent in October. That relative stability kept the ...
AOL

From Battlefield to Woodshop: A Veteran’s Therapy That Became a Mission

When Brian Steorts was recovering from injuries suffered during a military deployment for the United States, there was something he missed every day: wearing the American flag. So, Steorts decided to ...
The Forward

Central Synagogue had displayed an Israeli flag since Oct. 7 in honor of the hostages

After the last of the living hostages in Gaza were released last week, a prominent New York synagogue faced a complicated question: Should it remove the Israeli flag on its bimah? Central Synagogue in ...
American Songwriter

Ronnie Wood Shares the Story of How He and Rod Stewart Helped Form the Faces After Steve Marriott Quit the Small Faces

Before joining The Rolling Stones in 1975, Wood was a founding member of the Faces, which he and his pal Rod Stewart formed with three members of the popular British mod band the Small Faces. [RELATED ...
KLTV

From Whitehouse to the White House: East Texas veteran delivers wooden flag to Washington D.C.

WASHINGTON D.C. (KLTV) - A handcrafted wooden American flag created by an East Texas Air Force veteran was delivered to White House staff Tuesday on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. Richard Palmer, of ...
The Forward

Beverly Hills schools wanted to fly the Israeli flag – but not to support the Jewish state

Debates over whether the Israeli flag represents the Jewish people or the Jewish state — and whether the two can be separated — aren’t exactly standard fare for a school board meeting. But that was ...
New Canaan

‘It’s a Great Addition’: Local Couple Creates Wooden Flags To Honor Police, Firefighters

[The NewCanaanite.com Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates.] New Canaan residents and small business owners Elsa and Jay Zerrusen recently donated customized wooden flags to New ...