By JERRY LANKFORD Editor The Wilkes Record After nearly 70 years, Vannoy & Lankford Plumbing Co. has closed. The last day of business was Wednesday, July 31. Randy Lankford, 62, the secretary and treasurer of the company, who worked for this family-owned business since 1989, officially retired on the last day as did his brother,…
NEW YORK — Water spews from the walls and spills into hallways at a Brooklyn NYCHA complex, where tenants have been complaining for years. A mystery leak started spouting water into Yadira Soto’s bedroom at the Borinquen Plaza Houses during heavy rainfall in June. Ankle-deep water inundated her apartment, hallway, and neighbors’ units as they…
Humble Flooring, at 1000 E. High St., Waynesburg, has been a family-owned and operated business since it opened in 1974. In 1974, John Humble and his oldest son, Danny, launched a store that would become a cornerstone of the Waynesburg business district. It was a home supply shop that, over the next half-century, would expand…
And with home prices rising more than double the pace of inflation since the 1960s, making the place you live look great is as important as ever, whether it’s a rental or your expensive dream abode. Here are the 10 decor mistakes she hates to see in other people’s homes. Moreira said she always notices…
by Jeroslyn JoVonn May 17, 2024 Jamaica Kincaid’s new children’s book, “An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children,” explores plant life, colonization, and religion through bold illustrations. Writer and Harvard University professor Jamaica Kincaid is passing along her gardening expertise to Black youth with her first children’s book in nearly 40 years, An Encyclopedia of…
As FLOOR360 celebrates 5 years at their Milwaukee location it’s worth noting all that’s been accomplished with a talented team taking the lead. The team consists of sales and design consultants, commercial sales, residential and commercial project managers, warehouse and delivery teams, an in-house carpet fabricator, and installers. Commercial Flooring The commercial flooring team has…
Being respectful to the people repairing your home is only common sense. However, common sense is in short supply. In this day and age, you’d think that everyone would understand that men and women are equally capable of pursuing any profession they desire. Alas, some folks are still so set in their ways that they…
A Michigan family set out to fix a water heater and ended up finding a treasure trove of century-old relics in their bathroom. The items include wooden dominoes, a business card for a music store dating back to 1907, a publication printout from 1913, a cutout of Jesus and a playing card from the Milton…
