Christmas is the stuff of which core memories are made. Mine include a Christmas shopping trip with my mom to the Belk-Beery department store, back when it was in downtown Wilmington, with the entrance at Second and Chestnut streets. The toy department was downstairs, as I recall, and it must’ve […]
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A downtown Milwaukee wedding venue owned by Pabst Theater Group would not get its operating licenses under a city panel’s new recommendation. The Fitzgerald, under its previous ownership as Villa Filomena, for 17 years has hosted weddings and other private events at 1119 N. Marshall St. A Pabst Theater Group […]
From left, Katrina Brown, Kim King, Mia Jennings and Tiara Jackson. Brown, King, Jackson and Latanya Tharpe (not pictured) are owners of BSW Cosmetics, which opened July 3 in downtown Homewood. Jackson said Jennings is a businesswoman-in-training. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) Four local entreprenuers held the grand opening on July 3 of […]
Bartelsmeyer Jewelry, 1519 S. National. Bartelsmeyer Jewelry is moving from1519 South National Avenue to 22 North Main Street in downtown Fort Scott, on June 18. Bartelsmeyer Jewelry, 22 N. Main Street. “In February 2014, my wife Cindy and I purchased 22 North Main in downtown Fort Scott,” owner John Bartelsmeyer […]
Willie Dearing was tired of the beauty supply store options in the area. For years, she noticed that the personable touch that she and other Black women wanted when shopping for wigs and hair products was simply not there. “They have everything you would want to look for in a […]
This weekend, the Downtown Dickinson Association will be hosting a Sweetheart Stroll, where people can register to win prizes from participating businesses, visit with creative and unique vendors and have a sweetheart kind of time. The Sweetheart Stroll will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Two baskets […]
