Downtown

At 9:30 this morning, residents of a luxury high-rise Downtown were forced to evacuate when an electrical fire broke out sending smoke billowing throughout the building.

It takes a daring entrepreneur to open a restaurant in the middle of a pandemic. But that’s exactly what Phil Moran, a 40-year restaurant veteran has done by opening New Jersey’s first Hoots Wings in Newport.

“Non-Linear,” a presentation of fifteen new pieces by Anne Novado herself. The show, which is up until January 22, is a particular treat for those of us who’ve seen Novado’s excellent paintings tucked away, modestly, on back walls of the gallery, and wished we could be immersed in her  vision.

One person was wounded early this evening in a shooting near Triangle Park in Greenville.

The 2021 holiday season just might be the best time to shop locally. Here are a few ideas for the procrastinators among us.