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Do You Love The Indian & Thai Food In Our Area?
Our 2026 Reader Dining Survey & Contest continues, with FOUR more chances to win up to $200 in FREE dining at the restaurant of your choice anywhere in the Tampa […]

PMC awarded $1.2 million in Rural Health Transformation funds
PRESS RELEASE Special to the HT Pioneers Medical Center (PMC) has been awarded $1,204,379 through Colorado’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) to expand after-hours prescription access, modernize pharmacy services and strengthen telehealth and remote patient monitoring…

ASTORIA STREET SPECTATOR: You Can Erase Chalk, But You Can’t Erase QED
THE GOTHAM GOOSE | thegothamgoose@gmail.com At 7:22 one morning, a man stopped outside QED Astoria, purposely spilled his drink onto a sidewalk with chalk drawings and dragged his foot across it attempting to erase it. Then, as QED’s owner described on Instagram from security…

Largo radar plant expansion brings 100 new jobs
The expansion is expected to be completed this year, an RTX spokesperson said.

UI student launches social media app
A University student recently developed and launched a social networking app, kwyd: plans with close friends. First made publicly available in August, the app seeks to create a space where friends can spontaneously meet up and create memories. Adam Wittwer, junior in LAS and…

Company Working on Environmentally Friendly Way to Refrigerate Things Moves to Watertown
Finding a new way to cool things without using environmentally-harmful gases currently used in refrigeration is the mission of Pascal Technology, a company that just opened the doors to its new headquarters in Watertown. Pascal held a ribbon cutting celebration at the new space…

Brooklyn Chamber lands $1M Google grant to expand AI training for small businesses statewide
The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce is taking its small-business AI training program statewide with a new $1 million grant from Google.org. Funding will support the second phase of the Chamber’s Go Digital Initiative, giving 20 Chambers of Commerce and local business-serving…

Icon Realty Celebrates Grand Opening in Coral Springs
Broker and Owner Michael Longo is excited about his new Icon Realty Office in Coral Springs.

Meteor returns to local ownership
A+M Media Partners LLC owner Ana Cosino-Mize purchased The Meteor and the Navasota Examiner from Granite Media Partners owner Daniel Philhower of Taylor on Oct. 1. Cosino-Mize has served as area publisher for both newspapers.

Dunkin’® kicks off spooky season with new Green Apple Dunkin’ Zero, Purple Marshmallow Cold Foam, and all-new Halloween Sips
Beginning today, the brand is kicking off spooky season with the debut of all-new Green Apple Dunkin' Zero and Purple Marshmallow Cold Foam, two limited-time offerings that serve as the foundation of an all-new lineup of Halloween-inspired beverages.

Black Phin Is Leaving Harmon Collective, But It’s Not Goodbye
Back in June 2025, we wrote about how a CrossFit gym moving into the former home of The Heavy made us groan, only to walk inside and discover one of our favorite new coffee shops. Now, Black Phin Coffee Bar is getting ready to leave Harmon Collective at 1152 Harmon Avenue in…

Niguel Now - Your Inside Look at Local Businesses in Laguna Niguel!
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