PEORIA - For Mary Beth Nebel, whose bookstore I Know You Like a Book has been in Peoria Heights for just over 13 years, "(bookstores) are on the rebound."A framed news clipping, hanging on the wall of her store, shows that she has believed this since 2009, when she was interviewed about the future of bookselling.
HOPEDALE - While some families may start a restaurant business together or have an annual family vacation, the Willis family of Hopedale collects antique snowmobiles."When we had 15, we thought we had something," Russel "Huck" Willis said.
LACON - The opening of a new meat-smoking business in the Lacon Marina has been delayed because of unexpected work that was needed on the city-owned building, the City Council was told last week.
MORTON -- The Morton Chamber of Commerce wants to donate a portion of the profits from this year's Morton Pumpkin Festival to a community project.
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