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When Does a Restaurant Become an Essential Business? These owners bristle at the notion that they’re a luxury By Melissa McCart Photo: Fieldtrip USA These three restaurant owners pivoted like everyone else trying to survive the economic wallop of the pandemic, but rather than switch from a sit-down spot to a takeout model, adding groceries, or selling takeaway booze to stay afloat, they assessed how the pandemic was affecting their business and employees — and looked to their communities to decide how to pivot. Their models point to a way forward for independent restaurants. “...

MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: February 9, 2021 Elaine Mattson Don’t you just love it when something you do anyway proves to be pretty good for you? Red wine? Dark chocolate? Reading before bed! With information gathered from the Mayo Clinic and Sussex University studies. Reading before bed is definitely one of the best habits you can have. It not only betters your sleep quality but also positively influences the day’s activities. Reading can help you relax. There’s a reason snuggling up with a good book (and maybe a glass of wine) after a long day sounds so appealing. Research suggests th...

Word Barn Maker Series fills pandemic time with creativity Portsmouth Herald EXETER – The Word Barn has created a virtual Makers Series for the month of February that will offer the public access to a variety of workshops and sessions presented by local, regional, and international instructors and artists. Workshops will span a variety of topics from playwriting to mixology, bird watching to fermentation, visible mending to creating a layered soup stock. Instructors include Pulitzer Prize nominated playwright Don Zolidis and Juno Award winner David Francey. “The month of February can be r...

10 New Books We Recommend This Week Feb. 4, 2021 It’s rare for a self-help book to crack our list of recommended titles. But Ron Lieber’s guide to the financial side of higher education, “The Price You Pay for College,” made the cut for a couple of reasons. First, on the face of it, it’s an impressively thorough and genuinely useful manual for people staring up the sheer cliff of college tuition payments. (I am one.) Second, and more relevant for an audience of general readers, it also contains an implicit analysis and critique of higher education as a system, by acknowledging the i...

Read It and Reap: Pandemic spurs thirst for books By Ann Connery Frantz With a scarce supply of compliments for 2020, one can at least enjoy that book sales increased. People haven’t stopped reading, buying and borrowing books. Stores and libraries have kept up through online innovation and special services for readers. In Lancaster, for example, library borrowers agree to pick their selection up on the front porch at a certain time. Read, a library-friendly website, recommends reserving these coming releases, so you can get to the top of the request list: George Saunders’ “A Swim in a ...