Some wanted lobster. Some wanted campaign cash. At least one wanted no part of the gifts and dinners and trips that were routinely paid for by contractors doing business with South County schools. According to thousands of pages of grand jury testimony...
It is the 60th anniversary of Elizabeth II's coronation on Sunday, which was preceded by the news that Mount Everest had been "conquered" by a British team. In fact, Tenzing Norgay was a Nepalese Indian Sherpa and Edmund Hillary was a New Zealander, but...
Lenko Baresic would wake at 4am, reliving the last day he spent with his daughter a year ago, unable to get back to sleep. Kristen Baresic, then 27, was excited about moving back to Wollongong from Sydney to help her father with his jewellery business....
We constantly hear Hong Kong locals complain about people who visit from the mainland and buy up milk powder or take up space in maternity wards, but rarely are the voices of those from the mainland heard. My first impression of Hong Kong was not a good...
It is said Ernest Hemingway once wrote a six-word story for a $10 bet: “For sale, baby shoes. Never worn.” Apparently, he even considered it his best work. “Yeah, but the story is kinda sappy,” says Lydia Davis, surely among the very few to dare to question...
After spending more than 60 years in downtown Somerville, Somerville Aluminum has just opened its new 15,000 square foot facility just seven miles away in Branchburg. The park-like campus sits on over 6 acres and includes the company’s impressive showroom...
A pilot project which allows Dublin’s citizens to report local problems to the council on their smartphones and connect in with wider alert systems , such as flooding, began with its first 100 users today. The CityWatch system was among 20 new technologies...
About 10 Rodney College girls will be parading the finest ball gowns at a pre-ball fashion fundraiser this Monday at the college hall from 6pm to 9pm. The gowns are provided by Albany's Golden Gown, which is also sponsor of Miss Universe New Zealand....
Prestigious jeweller Harry Winston, which was acquired earlier this year by Swatch Group, bought a new colourless, flawless 101.73-carat diamond for a record US$26.7 million at an auction in Geneva on Wednesday, auction house Christie's said. Christie's...
The Norwin High School freshman has raised $34,000 for organizations such as Clelian Heights School for Exceptional Children, Make-A-Wish Foundation and the 5P- Society. She's crafted and sold thousands of bracelets to honor her brother, Derek, who has...
