Abkes, 64, worked for Firestone for 28 years, and resigned from the Public Works director position in December after "weeks of soul-searching," he wrote in his resignation letter.

Plutoshift also can be used for beverage manufacturing. From the treatment of incoming water to the final product, beverage manufacturers need to maintain quality and purity throughout the processing cycle.

Buck opened the new restaurant Lincoln Flats with his friend Russ Adams, formerly of Strongbow Inn. They’ve brought back Strongbow’s popular turkey schnitzel using the original recipe, but adding a bed of spätzle to give it a more German twist.

Gloria Jean’s Coffees store at Southlake Mall in Hobart. The chain plans to open a location in Crown Point early next year and six more across the Region.

In other pizza news, and who doesn’t like pizza news, Domino’s is opening a new "pizza theater" restaurant where customers can watch the pizza being baked at 1918 165th St. in Hammond, its second in the city.

The Starbucks was in a strip mall with an Ulta and a since-closed American Bagel Company. It dated back to the 1990s and was a product of a different age, lacking a drive-through that is now standard at Starbucks.

We were among the first to drive the closest thing (on paper) to the original Quattro at its Australian launch this month. We’re already big fans of the RS 5 Coupe and RS 4 Avant, so expectations were high.  

From here, Timmy grew the business. In 2014, Egmont Agri became the sole Irish importer and distributor for SaMASZ farm machinery. This move suited Timmy well due to the fact he runs a fleet of five balers and understands the importance of a quality product.

If you don’t want to grow up and just want to be a Toys "R" Us kid, you’ll have to do it in Hobart, home to the last remaining Toys "R" Us toy store in Northwest Indiana.

Employers receive national recognition on job search websites that they’re hiring apprentices — a free, high-profile “Help Wanted” ad.

The small Chicagoland chain, which was founded in 2008, bakes pies including Italian beef pizza, a chicken Alfredo pizza, and a "Meaty Lover’s Pizza" topped with five different meats.

Policymakers came to their senses in the early eighties; they hired better leaders, who demanded adequate budgets. In the next decade, nearly all of the system’s track was improved, half the stations were renovated, and thousands of cars were replaced. Crime fell, after a crackdown on, of all things, fare evasion. Reliable air-conditioning was installed. Ridership surged. Byford likes to point to the rescue of the system from its graffiti-slathered nadir as proof that it can be done again: “We’ve been here before. We can succeed.”