World and Main, which has locations in Cranbury, New Jersey, Chicago, Illinois and Wuxi, China, provides product development, merchandising and global sourcing for distribution to national, regional and independent hardware stores. Its brands include Comfort Zone portable fans and heaters, Bright-Way electrical supplies, Helping Hand housewares, PXpro paint tools, WordLock locks and AquaPlumb faucets and repair parts.

"It’s the last day for Tim’s Pizza," the owners posted on Facebook. "We will miss all of our customers; you were the best."

Companies might have sensed that staying connected was not only going to happen on the personal front. Automation and artificial intelligence for the manufacturing industry are here, and companies will need to keep up with the technology to stay as competitive as possible. Using smart sensors, building motors and drives that can collect data, connecting all components in the process, and having a way to mine and act on that data are all ways that will allow food and beverage manufacturers to stay ahead of the curve and run more effectively, efficiently and safely.

I have been working to promote energy innovation for decades, first with the U.S. Department of Energy, then at the California Public Utilities Commission, and now as the head of Energy Services at Sunrun.

Dante’s House of Pizza, the popular pizzeria founded by the son of the restaurateur behind the legendary House of Pizza in Hammond, has moved just down the street to 1869 45th St. in Munster, right next to Danny Z’s.

There’s no official opening date yet, but Golden Corral is working to hire 200 workers, including servers, cooks and cashiers.

Owner Scott Milligan said his smoothie and juice bar offers only clean, natural, non-GMO foods. It sells smoothies like a Strawberry Slam, Mango Crusher, Key Lime Sublime, and Berry, Berry Good. Juices include the Beet It Up, Kale Krusher, Citrus Coast, Sunrise Delight and Purple Rain with red cabbage, lime and apples.

ACTRESS: It’s art, ultimately, and commerciality still transcends everything. I saw this really famous writer really take it down, “What is this trash? What is this rubbish? I can’t believe people are passing this off as art!” One of her followers responded and said, “Yeah, that’s exactly the same thing they said when photography became big.” Then, you have people inverting this, like Banksy, who took one of his pictures used a computer, essentially, to destroy it. There all of these rotating conversations surrounding computers and art — computers creating art, computers destroying art, computers playing an integral hand in creating art. Young Paint touches all these conversations. I’m also interested in art forensics, as well — working out if something’s fake or not, copyright law in a way. I’ve caught myself in a situation where a big artist has sampled some of my work, but because of how they sampled it, there was no way that I could get them for it.

"At Luxury, every woman deserves to look and feel her best everyday. Waist training/shape ware helps improve confidence and slims your waist line. It’s capable of really putting things in immediately," the locally owned retailer says on its website. "It’s also going to help you activate muscle groups without any direct activity on your behalf — giving you work out like results throughout your whole day."

Taco Bell, owned by Louisville-based Yum Brands, describes the food as "Mexican inspired" on its website. It has 7,000 locations worldwide, including in Highland, Griffith, Crown Point, Winfield, Valparaiso, Hobart, St. John, Merrillville, Hammond, Portage, Munster, LaPorte, Chesterton and Michigan City.

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But it’s been purchased by Theo’s Steaks & Seafood, the urbane, sophisticated chophouse at 9144 Indianapolis Blvd. in Highland that’s known for steaks, seafood and cocktails in an elegant setting. Theo’s plans to keep the Dick’s name for now, but is freshening up the place and the menu.