STAMFORD, CT — This week, the Stamford Zoning Board voted 3-2 to approve plans to redevelop a Long Ridge Road office property into a residential apartment complex. According to the plans, the 300,000-square-foot office building and 512-space parking garage at 800 Long Ridge Road will be demolished, and two, four-story buildings containing a total of…
CHESTER, NJ — Classroom supply lists are posted for Chester Schools students, but parents and guardians won’t have to buy pencils, notebooks, calculators and other back-to-school essentials this year. The district will purchase required class supplies for the all students, with officials saying they wanted to help ease the financial burden on families. This effort…
SAN DIEGO, CA — The San Diego Humane Society removed dozens of pets from a single-family home in San Diego County after their overwhelmed owner asked for help. The Humane Society rescued 48 cats and two dogs Friday from a La Mesa area home, Humane Society spokesperson Nina Thompson said. The animals were taken to…
GLEN COVE, NY — The City of Glen Cove has been awarded $25,706 from New York State for ash tree management. It is one of more than $7.1 million in Urban and Community Forestry Grants in New York funded by the U.S. Forest Service through the historic Inflation Reduction Act. The selected projects represent a…
HOBOKEN, NJ — Mario’s Classic Pizza, a popular restaurant at Eighth and Garden streets in Hoboken, closed last week for vacation, and will reopen on Monday, Sept. 2. “Closed for vacation, July 23-Sept. 2,” says a sign in the window. Sometimes, the news just writes itself. Find out what's happening in Hobokenwith free, real-time updates…
LOS ANGELES, CA — Authorities are investigating a hit-and-run pile-up that happened when a Good Samaritan came to the aid of a woman who had been thrown from her overturned vehicle on the Ventura (101) Freeway Friday morning. The harrowing series of crashes was caught on tape. It all started shortly after midnight on the…
LAVALLETTE, NJ — In 2013, as residents of the Jersey Shore were picking up the pieces and trying to rebuild in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, there was another group of residents whose lives were turned upside down: Bay nettles. The destruction of bulkheads and docks and waterfront structures caused a significant loss of habitat…
After lifelike timbres and speed-train momentum, how a loudspeaker projects its energy into my room is the main thing that determines how my sound system feels as I listen to it. When I review loudspeakers, I try to notice the unique tone and force of their “voice” as they speak into my room. Do they…
As one of Munich’s most prestigious distributors, Mansour Mamaghani’s Audio Reference again pulled out all the stops in a huge, glass enclosed central Atrium space that showcased more brands than there is space to list. One of the highlights of their mobbed, standing-room-only press event was a presentation in which Impex Records’ Abby Fon shared…
The hi-fi receiver has been many different things. Early examples, like the Harman Kardon “Stereo Festival” TA-230 from 1958 (said by modern-day Harman/Samsung to be the first stereo receiver; footnote 1), featured separate FM and AM monophonic tuners that could assign a speaker to each if you wanted to listen to what was then a…