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After six years at Main and Transit, Owners Jeff and Mandy Cooke recently moved their restaurant to Clarence Hollow.

At 10651 Main St., Clarence, formerly Cornerstone Bar & Grill, the Cookes are taking the long view, having bought the building as a bet on their future.

At 10651 Main St. in Clarence, formerly Cornerstone Bar & Grill, Jeff and Mandy Cooke have found a new home for This Little Pig’s barbecue, eclectic specials and kicked-up Americana.

The purchase coincides with another expansion on April 1 at 13268 Broadway in Alden, where the business opened Satellite Barbecue as a takeout only site.

AFTERNOON tea has become a staple of British life for almost 200 years.

For survivors of school shootings who have grown up to have children, the massacre in Uvalde, Texas, inflames anxieties about sending kids to class.

For survivors of school shootings who have grown up to have children, the massacre in Uvalde, Texas, inflames anxieties about sending kids to class.

Monday was a special day for Michael Holton

Stuff reporters13:03, May 31 2021 KAREN CHAPPELL High flood waters on the Waimakariri River after heavy rain in the Canterbury region. Two state highways hit by severe flooding in Canterbury are not expected to reopen for at least another day as heavy rain and flooding continues to batter the region. The rain is expected to start easing on Monday and clear on Tuesday, but deep flooding on State Highway 1 from the Waikirikiri/Selwyn River near Dunsandel, south of Christchurch, meant the road wa...