While there are a number of challenges facing those looking to start their own business, there are also a number of advantages to being your own boss — from setting your own schedule and spending more time with family to taking on a job that you love and want to share with others. Clifford ...
MANCHESTER, Iowa — Hannah Ray J Childs propelled her kayak into a rapid on Iowa’s Maquoketa River on a recent afternoon and dipped her paddle in the water to swing the front of her boat into the air. She loves to spend her days performing whitewater kayaking acrobatics that dunk her ...
HAVANA — On a recent afternoon in Cuba, the temperature climbed and anxiety grew among the residents of a Havana street. Their focus was an improvised dump site on the sidewalk with rotting food scraps, torn bags, cardboard and rubble. Swarms of flies and stray cats gathered around the ...
New hires and promotions Malia Schimminger of Altoona has been named director of Career Services and Professional Development at Mississippi University for Women. As director of the Career Services and Professional Development Center, Schimminger will serve as a liaison between the university, students, alumni and potential employers at the state, regional and national levels. She also will develop partnerships with external organizations to expand employment opportunities for students and alumni. Before joining The W, Schimminger served as assistant director of the Camellia Center ...
Developer wants to build Chipotle in Park Hills Plaza An Illinois company wants to build a Chipotle in Park Hills Plaza. Quattro Development of Oak Brook has requested a setback variance in connection with the location of the trash bin enclosure for the project. Among Quattro’s justifications for a setback variance are a desire to minimize the building lot acreage, so as not to take any more common plaza parking spaces than necessary; to accommodate a drive-around lane for online order pickups; and for aesthetics, according to Owen England, Quattro director of business ...
Gov. Josh Shapiro announced the Commonwealth has secured a $10 million investment from the Kurt J. Lesker Co. to expand its operations in Pennsylvania. The Shapiro Administration is investing $340,000 into the project, which will create 39 total new jobs over the next four years and retain 299 existing, full-time positions. To meet customer demand in the semiconductor and protective coating industries, the Kurt J. Lesker Co. is partnering with Penn State University and will lease space in State College for research and development of the atomic layering disposition process, where it ...
