Mercer
Business
Goodbye Starbucks, Hello Slammin' Brew, Newest Coffee Shop In Trenton Goodbye Starbucks, Hello Slammin' Brew, Newest Coffee Shop In Trenton
Goodbye Starbucks, Hello Slammin' Brew, Newest Coffee Shop In Trenton Starbucks may be leaving Trenton. But no worries because there's a new coffee shop in the city at 24 South Warren St. Slammin' Brew is set to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, April 3 at 11:30 a.m. It officially opened on Monday, March 18. In addition to coffee and specialty drinks and pastries, Slammin' Brew serves sandwiches and salads. Its new manager, Megan Morelli, had managed a Starbucks at Target in South Brunswick. "That's where my coffee journey started," Morelli said.  Slammin' Brew employs about nine people. "We're definitely here for the community," Morelli …

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by Jon Craig
Middlesex MA
Business
Asian Restaurant Closes 3 Locations In Somerville, Boston, Woburn: Report Asian Restaurant Closes 3 Locations In Somerville, Boston, Woburn: Report
Asian Restaurant Closes 3 Locations In Somerville, Boston, Woburn: Report Grainmaker, a popular chain of Asian restaurants has closed all of its locations, according to a new report.  Boston Restaurant Talk said they received a tip about the closures in Somerville's Davis Square, Downtown Crossing in Boston, and Woburn Village in Woburn on Monday, March 25.  Calls to the restaurants go unanswered, the social media accounts for each location have been removed, and the websites no longer exist.  Google and Yelp list all of the locations as permanently closed as well. It's unclear what led to the closings, or what day they shuttered.  …

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by Josh Lanier
Ridgefield
Business
Corner Deli Closes After 14-Year Run In Ridgefield Corner Deli Closes After 14-Year Run In Ridgefield
Corner Deli Closes After 14-Year Run In Ridgefield After 14 years of serving plenty of hot egg sandwiches on a roll, subs, and homemade chicken soup, a popular Fairfield County deli has closed. The owners of Tony's Corner Deli at 622 Main St., in Ridgefield, announced on Facebook on Saturday, March 23, that they were walking away from the business. "We want to thank all of our customers for the last 14 years for your patronage," Rosely and Domenick said. "It’s been a pleasure serving this community and we have endured some beautiful friendships with our customers and will cherish them forever." The couple said COVID brought the busine…

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by Kathy Reakes
Burlington
Business
Popular NJ Bar Sets Opening Date For New Location, Announces Another Coming Too Popular NJ Bar Sets Opening Date For New Location, Announces Another Coming Too
Popular NJ Bar Sets Opening Date For New Location, Announces Another Coming Too Tommy's Tavern + Tap has an opening date for its newest location, and announced one more. The fast-growing restaurant chain is opening in Cherry Hill later this month and will soon bring another location to Sea Girt, the business said. Tommy's will open its 9th store in New Jersey, replacing Houlihan’s at 2050 Route 70 at the Market Place at Garden State Park shopping complex on Wednesday, March 27 at 4 p.m. A brand-new Sea Girt location will open at Brook 35, Tommy's Tavern + Tap said on Instagram, noting "We are really, really excited about this one." View this …

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by Cecilia Levine
Berks
Business
Spring Cleaning: Berks Car Wash To Offer Free Service This Weekend Spring Cleaning: Berks Car Wash To Offer Free Service This Weekend
Spring Cleaning: Berks Car Wash To Offer Free Service This Weekend Berks area drivers can wash away the winter grime free of charge on Sunday, March 24.  Tommy's Express Car Wash at 4624 Penn Avenue in Sinking Spring will offer free washes, vacuum use, and floor mat washes, the company said on Facebook.  Detail kits for interior cleaning will also be available for purchase, they added. 

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by Mac Bullock
White Plains
Business
Shell To Close 1,000 Gas Stations: Here's Why, Company Says Shell To Close 1,000 Gas Stations: Here's Why, Company Says
Shell To Close 1,000 Gas Stations: Here's Why, Company Says One of the nation's major oil companies says it will close 1,000 gas stations. Shell made the announcement in its 2024 Energy Transition Strategy report, saying the measure is “in response to customer needs” and aimed at reallocating those resources towards EV charging stations. Shell said it will close 500 stations in 2024 and the other 500 in 2025. "We believe growth in oil demand is set to slow in the second half of this decade and could start falling in the 2030s because of increasing vehicle efficiency and growth in electric vehicles," the company stated in the report. "Toda…

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by Joe Lombardi
Baltimore
Business
These Maryland Hospitals Were Named Among The World's Best By New Report These Maryland Hospitals Were Named Among The World's Best By New Report
These Maryland Hospitals Were Named Among The World's Best By New Report Several Maryland hospitals have been named among the world's best in a new report by Newsweek. The outlet worked alongside Statista to compile a list that gives each hospital a score based on an online survey of more than 85,000 medical experts, as well as public data received from post-hospitalization patient surveys. Meanwhile, the score serves as an analysis of medical and quality metrics including hygiene, patient/doctor ratio, and a Statista survey on whether hospitals use Patient Reported Outcome Measures — standardized questionnaires that are filled out by patients to …

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by Valerie Musson
Montgomery MD
Business
Winning $100,000 Powerball Ticket Sold At Gaithersburg 7-Eleven Winning $100,000 Powerball Ticket Sold At Gaithersburg 7-Eleven
Winning $100,000 Powerball Ticket Sold At Gaithersburg 7-Eleven Maryland Lottery officials are looking for two lucky players who won big on Wednesday night's Powerball drawing. No jackpots were won on March 20, but a winning ticket worth $50,000 was sold at a Montgomery County 7-Eleven and a second worth $100,000 at a Howard County gas station that remain unclaimed a day later. The winning tickets were sold at the 7-Eleven on Watkins Mill Road in Gaithersburg and at 40 West BP on Baltimore National Pike in Ellicott City. On Wednesday, March 20, the winning numbers were 13-22-57-54-66 with a Powerball of 09 and the "Power Play multiplier" was X2.  …

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by Zak Failla
Hartford
Business
Hartford Brewery To Close After 44 Years In Business: 'We Have Had Incredible Run' Hartford Brewery To Close After 44 Years In Business: 'We Have Had Incredible Run'
Hartford Brewery To Close After 44 Years In Business: 'We Have Had Incredible Run' After an over four-decade run, a Connecticut brewery has announced it will soon be closing its doors and passing on the torch to another restaurateur.  City Steam Brewery, located in Hartford at 942 Main St. within the HH Richardson Building, will close on Sunday, March 31, the business announced on Thursday, March 21.  In a social media post, the brewery attributed the closing to its inability to recover from a burst sprinkler pipe that flooded the building and forced the business to close for four months, costing it half a million dollars.  "We have had an incredible …

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by Ben Crnic
Warren Hunterdon
Business
Candy Company Makes $70 Million Investment To Hackettstown Site Candy Company Makes $70 Million Investment To Hackettstown Site
Candy Company Makes $70 Million Investment To Hackettstown Site Mars is continuing its commitment to Warren County. The company that produces M&Ms, Snickers, Altoids, and Ben's Original announced a $70 million investment to its site in Hackettstown.  The money will go toward a new Research and Development Innovation Studio, including a new test kitchen and packaging lab. Mars celebrated the investment with a ribbon cutting that included an appearance by the blue and red M&Ms. "The continued investment in our Hackettstown site re-affirms our commitment to innovation in New Jersey," Anton Vincent, the president of Mars Wrigley North America…

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by Sam Barron
St. Mary's
Business
Winning $20K 'Mega Millions' Ticket Sold At Maryland Gas Station Winning $20K 'Mega Millions' Ticket Sold At Maryland Gas Station
Winning $20K 'Mega Millions' Ticket Sold At Maryland Gas Station Check your tickets!  No one hit the "Mega Millions" jackpot on Tuesday night, but one lucky Maryland Lottery player is sitting on a ticket worth $20,000 on a ticket bought in Wicomico County. Eagle Express Mart on North Camden Avenue in Fruitland sold the golden ticket, which was unclaimed as of Wednesday afternoon, according to Lottery officials. The winning numbers were 24-46-49-62-66; the 'Mega Ball' was 7 and the 'Megaplier' was X2. In all, Maryland had 49,654 winners of prizes ranging from $2 to $20,000 in the Tuesday, March 19 drawing.  With no jackpot-winning ticket…

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by Zak Failla
Greenburgh
Business
Iconic 71-Year-Old Deli Opens All-New Ardsley Location Iconic 71-Year-Old Deli Opens All-New Ardsley Location
Iconic 71-Year-Old Deli Opens All-New Ardsley Location A beloved deli with more than seven decades of history has already met success after opening a new location in Westchester.  Liebman's Kosher Delicatessen & Restaurant, which originally opened in the Bronx in 1953, opened a new location in Ardsley at 472 Ashford Ave. on Monday, March 18.  According to the new eatery's owner, the grand opening was a "great success."  "The first day at the new location in Westchester is now in the past and let me tell you that was completely insane!" owner Yuval Dekel wrote on social media on Tuesday, March 19, adding, "Thank you so much t…

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by Ben Crnic