• Downtown street reconstruction project draws comment from business owners

    Project includes street and sewer improvements to Third and Fourth avenues.

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    Multi-vehicle crash on 14th Street and Main Street

    There was a multi-vehicle crash at the intersection of 14th Street and Main Street this morning.

  • Fly with Delta frequently? Small business owners can score a solid welcome bonus and other perks with the Delta SkyMiles Gold Business Card

    If you’re a Delta Loyalist, you can save money on checked bags and score a hefty welcome bonus with the Delta SkyMiles Gold Business Card.

  • Construction Watch: Main Street Lofts

    A Main Street site has been cleared for redevelopment. Ohio-based MVAH Partners is planning Main Street Lofts, an affordable housing project in Midtown. The $50.6 million project includes 147 residential units []

  • Big business accused of protecting price gouging

    Threats that Australians could lose jobs and end up paying more for groceries if companies are broken up have been decried as big businesses' "war on divestiture". Supermarket behemoths Coles and Woolworths have come under increasing scrutiny as critics accuse the retailers of price gouging and reporting record profits while customers struggle to pay for groceries. In response, the Greens have pushed a Senate bill that would introduce divestiture powers into competition law and allow the...

  • Inflation Remains A Headache For Small Business Owners

    Inflation remains small businesses’ chief worry, according to a new survey showing their optimism fell in February. The National Federation of Independent Businesses’ Optimism Index fell to 89.4 in February. It’s been below the 50-year average of 98 for 26 straight months. Twenty-three percent of small business owners said inflation was their top problem, up […]

  • Dubuque Street businesses, restaurants affected by road reconstruction

    Downtown Iowa City storefronts on Dubuque Street are experiencing noise, rumbling, increased dust, and a water shutdown but have not noticed a major decline in sales during the first two weeks of a more than six-month-long construction project. The $3.75 million reconstruction of Dubuque Street started on March 11 and will replace water main and

  • Hormones: Business owner urges women to treat them as a 'superpower'

    Sandra, owner of SMASH Worldwide, a health and nutrition company which supports women through hormonal changes, believes by opening up the conversation about all hormones, it can open up a new way of life for women of any age. For many discussions about hormones become hushed conversations with lots of embarrassing whispers and confusion. But Sandra, owner of SMASH Worldwide, a health and nutrition company which supports women through hormonal changes, believes by opening up the conversation...

  • Breaking up supermarkets may push prices, business says

    Australians could be forced to pay more under legislation designed to alleviate cost-of-living pressures, a peak business body warns. Supermarket behemoths Coles and Woolworths have come under increasing scrutiny as critics accuse the retailers of price gouging and reporting record profits while customers struggle to pay for groceries. In response, the Greens have pushed a […]

  • Amherstburg business owner irked at new licence fees

    The Town of Amherstburg’s plan to charge businesses for inspections has irked some owners who say they weren’t informed about the change. Speck’s Restaurant owner Sarah Brush questions why town inspections are required since the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit already inspects her restaurant. She said her new fees will be $350. “We’re not a big […]

  • Filming To Take Place On Busy Main Road In Westchester: Here's When

    Officials are warning motorists that filming will be taking place on a busy main road in Westchester and may cause traffic delays. The filming will take place on Thursday, March 21 between 7 p.m. and midnight on both directions of Route 9 in Sleepy Hollow between Sleepy Hollow High School and Guadalajara Mexican Restaurant, according to Sleepy Hollow village officials.  Officials said there may be brief traffic delays as a result of the filming, which has been approved by the state Department...

  • Livestock owners face penalties when animals trespass in Maine

    In an apparent recognition of the futility of controlling them, cats are not subject to Maine animal trespass laws.