BANNING, CA — Next week, the city of Banning will hold a special City Council meeting to discuss its animal control services. The city currently utilizes ARE Animal Rescue for control services. The shelter, located at 2050 Charles Street, opened on July 1, 2021. During the 5 p.m. May 21 meeting, the council members will…
Not every exhibit in Munich is colorful, but many are. Walking through the exhibit halls, I was inspired to try and catch some of the most striking. The newest thing from Technics is this Lamborghini-inspired SL-1200–variant turntable. Here’s hoping it doesn’t run fast—but I’m not holding my breath. While we’re on the Lamborghini theme: I’m…
BURLINGTON, MA — Bob’s Discount Furniture will open its newest showroom in Burlington on May 24. The new store is located at 3 Abbott Park and has more than 43,000 square feet of merchandise. The new store is a relocation from Bob’s previous store in Woburn. All employees from the Woburn store will be transferring…
SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… Tuesday’s (5/7) episode of NXT on USA Network averaged 659,000 viewers, up from 564,000 last weeks. One year ago this week, NXT drew 601,000. The average through 19 weeks is 640,000. The average through 19 weeks last year was 597,000. In the key 18-49 demo,…
Does this star-studded brand lineup from Quintessence Audio Ltd. of Chicago sound familiar? It should, not only because it’s frequently encountered at audio shows and dealers, but also because it consistently earns plaudits as one of my Best Sounding Rooms. I can’t imagine that anyone who heard Sandrine Piau sing “Chanson triste” or Marcin perform…
LYONS, IL – Lyons resident Josephine Daniels pays property taxes for the house next door, not her own. That cost her an extra $2,922 last year, the local assessor says. Daniels, who lives in the 4500 block of Center Avenue, said this has put a financial bind on her and her husband. “I’m on a…
WORCESTER, MA — Worcester — Wormtown, the Paris of the 1980s, the heart of the commonwealth — is bigger than ever. New U.S. Census Bureau population estimates released Thursday show that Worcester’s population stood at 207,621 as of July 1, 2023. That’s about 1,100 more people than measured during the decennial census in 2020. The…
Give Jack White credit. What other rock star has ever been so passionately interested in music history that he’d actually spend his own money to preserve old records? Not only that but his motives seem fairly pure. While he’s probably not losing money on things like the beautifully done Paramount Records Wonder Cabinets that were…
High-flying Fidelity Imports occupied seven rooms at AXPONA 2024—probably a show record. Since starting the company in 2018, industry veteran Steve Jain has signed up a bevy of brands from Italy, France, England, Japan, and beyond. Jain evidently has ears that match his business acumen; so far, every Fidelity product I’ve encountered has sounded somewhere…
The finals are set for the latest WWE Speed tournament. On today’s episode Tyler Bate from New Catch Republic defeated Berto from Legado Del Fantasma via roll-up. Bate will now go on to face Ivar, who defeated Apollo Crews a week ago, in the tournament finals. The winner of that match challenges Ricochet for…