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Pair Of Leading Restaurant Chains Could Combine, Report Says Pair Of Leading Restaurant Chains Could Combine, Report Says
Pair Of Leading Restaurant Chains Could Combine, Report Says Two of the nation's leading restaurant chains may soon combine, according to a brand-new report. Under the plan, IHOP and Applebee's would share dining space, the Nation's Restaurant News says., Both eateries are owned by California-based Dine Brands. The company has already launched eight prototype combined IHOP/Applebee's locations -- all in international markets outside the US, the report said. The prototypes feature “discrete entrances,” while inside guests can be seated in both spaces when necessary and possible, Dine Brands CEO John Peyton told the outlet. This would allow overflo…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Crash Killing Tow Truck Driver: 'Extremely' Drunk Man Guilty In Deadly Capital Region Wreck Crash Killing Tow Truck Driver: 'Extremely' Drunk Man Guilty In Deadly Capital Region Wreck
Crash Killing Tow Truck Driver: 'Extremely' Drunk Man Guilty In Deadly Capital Region Wreck After drinking an “excessive” amount of alcohol at an Applebee’s restaurant, Justin Rodriguez got behind the wheel of his pickup truck and - defying the pleas and warnings of concerned onlookers to stop - drove onto a highway in the region. Shortly afterward on Sept. 15, 2022, the 41-year-old struck tow truck operator Alex Bleickhardt as he helped a disabled vehicle in Saratoga County, on the shoulder of I-87 in Wilton. Bleickhardt, a 33-year-old employee of TowAway LLC from Pottersville in Warren County, was pronounced dead at the scene. Earlier Report: Man Preparing To Tow Disabled Tr…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Carmel Woman Caught With Heroin Outside Applebee's, Putnam Sheriff Says Carmel Woman Caught With Heroin Outside Applebee's, Putnam Sheriff Says
Carmel Woman Caught With Heroin Outside Applebee's, Putnam Sheriff Says A Carmel woman is facing charges after police say she was caught with heroin outside an Applebee’s restaurant, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced on Tuesday, July 2. Officers with the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department Narcotics Enforcement Unit (NEU) say they conducted a welfare check on a vehicle parked at Applebee’s in the Town of Southeast (115 Independent Way) on Saturday, April 27. Officers say the vehicle’s driver, identified as Roxanne Leonard, 28, of Carmel, was found to be in possession of a quantity of heroin and marijuana. Leonard was ticketed and is scheduled to appe…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Man Nabbed For Sale Of 150 Bags Of Heroin In Putnam Man Nabbed For Sale Of 150 Bags Of Heroin In Putnam
Man Nabbed For Sale Of 150 Bags Of Heroin In Putnam A 24-year-old man was nabbed by Putnam County Sheriff's deputies for selling heroin in the area after receiving a tip. Jassell Franco, of New York City, was arrested April 6 by members of the department's Narcotics Enforcement Unit after a deputy was able to arrange for the purchase of 150 bags of heroin, the department said. Franco was nabbed while meeting the deputy in the Applebee's parking lot on Independent Way in the town of Southeast. Franco was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance and felony sale of a controlled substance. He is being held at the Putnam County …

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by Kathy Reakes