Food halls are the promised land for intrepid as well as indecisive diners. Slurp up soup dumplings here; grab a bánh mì sandwich there; munch on a fish taco elsewhere. Finish up with a mango mochidoki — and return the next day for an entirely different menu. For the business traveler, food hall dining is […]

Sunday (Nov. 11), we celebrate Veterans Day. Veterans Day gives us the opportunity to honor and show appreciation to the brave men and women who pledged their allegiance to our country and served in times of both war and peace. This Veterans Day, Indiana Rep. Randy Frye suggests we acknowledge the sacrifices made by those […]

Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a jagged scar, a look in the eye. Others may carry the evidence inside them: a pin holding a bone together, a piece of shrapnel in the leg — or perhaps another sort of inner steel: the soul’s alloy forged in the refinery of […]

This Veterans Day, veterans and active-duty military can take advantage of an extra day of deals. As they do each year, restaurants are saluting veterans by offering free food and meal deals. Thanks to the federal holiday falling on Sunday, it’s officially observed Monday. This leads to a split with some businesses showing their appreciation Sunday and others […]

Marine and Vietnam Veteran Sgt. Leo Stokely passed away with no known family. His funeral was to be for an unclaimed veteran. Friday, a crowd saw just how powerful our country’s respect for those who served can be. The crowd just kept growing Friday as people made their way up the hill at Middle Tennessee […]

Parent company Meredith has “found some very unexpected buyers,” said one industry analyst. Meredith said on Friday it has an agreement to sell Fortune magazine to Thailand-based entrepreneur Chatchaval Jiaravanon, who is using his personal money to acquire the storied brand for $150 million. Jiaravanon is the second wealthy individual to come to the rescue […]

Days before Veteran’s Day, a Marine Corps Sergeant will be laid to rest in Nashville. Sgt. Leo Stokely was unclaimed and has no known family, but his funeral is shaping up to be an event fit for a hero. Sgt. Stokely will be laid to rest Friday morning at 10 am. The Vietnam war veteran […]

 On Thursday, a Rossville, Georgia nursing home honored a World War II veteran with a special flag. Mr. Floyd Brown served in the National Guard, and will turn 101 on Veterans Day. He doesn’t hear as well as he once did, so we were not able to get his full story on the second World […]

On Sunday, 11/11, at 11:11 a.m., many around the state will have a ceremony to honor veterans here in Vermont and around the country. For example, a service is being held at the veterans cemetery across from Camp Johnson in Colchester which is open to the public. “We are going to have a ceremony and […]

World War One was one of the bloodiest conflicts in human history, not just in terms of those killed but the unprecedented number of soldiers who were injured.By the end of the war, one million British troops had died and two million were left with a permanent disability. But those who returned to Ireland found […]