By Kristy Crawford and Bethany E. Starin Atlantic Grille Offers Pizza, Outdoor Dining While Atlantic Grille is not new to Urbana, its managing owner, George Klisas, just moved around the corner into the Villages of Urbana (VOU). “We love it,”…
Business, Community, News
Time to Close Up Shop
by Bethany Starin • • 0 Comments
The news seems to have spread quickly proving Urbana as the tight-knit community I have grown to love — and nothing makes me sadder than this news in the first place. A few weeks ago, I received the phone call:…
News, School News
UMS Welcomes Margaret Peterson Haddix
by Ridhi Chaudhary • • 0 Comments
On April 30, Urbana Middle School (UMS) students interacted with popular children’s author Margaret Peterson Haddix. The event was divided into a two-part session held in the UMS library and cafeteria. Students from all grade levels were invited to the…
Community, News
Fresh Flavors at the Urbana Library Farmers’ Market
by Jo Ostby • • 0 Comments
The air is sweetly warm these days, inspiring me to combine fresh foods in creative ways for dinner. And there is no better place to find fresh foods than the Urbana Library Farmers’ Market. Set up behind the Urbana Regional…
Features, News, Reader's Choice
‘Florence Gordon’ Written by Brian Morton
by Betty Hafner • • 0 Comments
Florence Gordon, the character, might be one of your least favorite protagonists ever. She’s a grouchy, self-involved, rude, know-it-all. But “Florence Gordon,” the book, might well become one of your favorites anyway, as it has for me. It has introduced…
Features, News, Nora's Corner
Gift My Parents Never Gave Me, Part II
by Nora Caplan • • 0 Comments
For most of my father’s life he was a specialty grocer and restaurateur. My dad had acquired a knowledge of how and where to purchase the best and freshest produce, meat, canned goods — every kind of quality food that…