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Yahoo
20 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Kasmarcik Family continues Donoli's legacy
APALACHIN, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – A Conklin family is continuing the legacy of a popular restaurant that has been enjoyed by many generations. Amber and Kris Kasmarcik purchased Donoli's Restaurant and Banquets from original founders Scott and Linda Fargnoli in March. The family Italian steakhouse is known for its prime rib, large banquet hall, and welcoming atmosphere. Under the new ownership, Amber says guests can expect the same great experience, plus some changes to the menu and wine list. The Kasmarcik's are no strangers to the restaurant business. Amber has a wealth of experience working in local eateries, and Kris serves as a co-owner of Stadium 138. Amber says Donoli's is a great place to celebrate milestones such as anniversaries and birthdays. 'It's a homey atmosphere. It's just a family restaurant. It's good food. It's a great place. It feels like home when I'm here,' said Amber. Amber says they plan to continue hosting the annual golf tournament, which is in its 36th year, as well as new events such as a car show for Father's Day. Donoli's is open Monday through Friday from 4 to 9 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 9. You can order takeout through its website, or by calling (607)625-3707. Donoli's is located at 6510 Route 434 in Apalachin. Kasmarcik Family continues Donoli's legacy Rod Serling Day celebrates the life of Binghamton's favorite son June 2 recognized as Sock Out Cancer Day in New York Mirabito collecting donations for Folds of Honor Vestal veteran inducted into New York State Senate Veterans Hall of Fame Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Newsweek
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Woman Reveals Names Gen Z Thinks Are 'Old-Lady Names'
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Picking a baby name is a big decision. So some parents may be dismayed to find out that Gen Z has its own baby-name list—ones they think sound like "old lady names." In a TikTok, creator Kelley Cole explains which names made it onto the "old" list, and the results might surprise you. Why It Matters Baby-naming trends can often reflect broader cultural shifts and social values. The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently released its list of the most used baby names in the United States for 2024, with Olivia and Liam maintaining their reign as America's top choices for the sixth consecutive year. Newcomers on the list included Truce and Colsen for boys, and Ailany and Marjorie for girls. A doll in front of two notes with speech bubbles containing the names Marie and Elias. A doll in front of two notes with speech bubbles containing the names Marie and Elias. Frank Rumpenhorst/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images What To Know "I was told my name was an old lady name by the teenagers on the adolescent unit I was working on a few months ago," Cole says in the video that has been viewed more than 350,000 times. "I was surprised." Cole goes on to explain that teens shared with her what names are "old lady names" versus "young names." The list of names that the teens said were "old lady names": Ashley, Amanda, Jessica, Stephanie, Jennifer, Christie, Tracy, Stacey, Amy, Crystal, Kelly, Lisa, Jordan, Michelle, Shelly, Laura, Laurie, Kathy, Tammy, Heather, Angela and Angie. The "young girl names" were Bella, Isabelle, Olivia, Olive, Ava, Eden, Abigail and Abbie, Ella, Gracie, Zoe and Rose. And it's not the first time that so-called "old lady" names have sparked a debate between generations on TikTok. In 2024, a creator named Amber posted a video on the topic that went viral, receiving 4.3 million views as of reporting. "The other day my daughter told me the name Ashley or Amanda, or my name is Amber, are like old-people names," she says in the video. "I never thought about it this way, but she's like yeah my teachers' names are like Miss Erica, Miss Samantha, there's Amandas and Ashleys—those are just old-people names." Amber went on to list some of the young names her daughter had highlighted, including Scarlet, Charlotte, Olivia, Penelope, Isabella, Bella and Ella. Though the two videos were posted more than a year apart, there is overlap in what the group of young people told Cole, and what Amber's daughter told her, were old- and young-people's names. What People Are Saying Kelley Cole, in her TikTok video, after listing the "young-girl names": "Who's gonna tell these girls that those were our grandmas' names. Those are the old-lady names, not Kelley." What Happens Next Cole's remarks about the "young names" being "grandma names" taps into a key naming trend. There is a theory around names called the 100-year rule, where names cycle in and out of a fashion and it takes a century for the cycle to complete. In practice, this means names that were common for the grandparents or great-grandparents of Gen Z could be about to come back. Unfortunately, the same can't be said for their parents' names, but they may well come back around for future generations.
The Guardian
3 days ago
- General
- The Guardian
You be the judge: my girlfriend unplugs all my chargers because of the ‘fire risk'. Should she stop?
Waking up to find your phone or toothbrush are out of charge gets the day off to a really bad start My girlfriend, Amber, goes around the house before bedtime turning off my chargers for various appliances – my phone, my gaming laptop and my iPad – because she believes it to be a fire risk. We have lived together for almost five years now and this has been a problem for a while. When I plug my phone in overnight, I often find it uncharged in the morning. It's very annoying. Or sometimes when I get home from work and fancy playing a game on my laptop, I'll settle down on the sofa with my snacks ready, and there will be no charge on my laptop. I then have to get off the sofa and recharge it. Now I make Amber get up to plug my laptop in if she's unplugged it. She says it's a minor inconvenience, but waking up to go to work with an uncharged phone ruins your day. She's also done it with my electric toothbrush – I've gone to brush my teeth before work and found it dead. I never know what is going to be unplugged. Sometimes she switches off sockets at the wall; other times she physically unplugs my chargers. Amber says it's for safety, but then why does she unplug things in such an inconsistent way? There's either a fire hazard with all of them or none – I don't understand her reasoning. Amber's dad was a firefighter and he drilled this stuff into her. I get that there are safety guidelines but there aren't fires breaking out all over the place because people leave their phones charging overnight. When I asked Amber's dad about it, he was very chilled. He said: 'It's better if you don't leave things plugged in,' and shrugged. I have house insurance. I'd rather risk burning the house down. Amber thinks I don't care about our cats getting toasted, but of course I do. I just don't think there's much chance of that happening. As a compromise, she now doesn't turn off switches at the wall. But she still unplugs chargers if she leaves the house and no one is in, so I still find some of my devices uncharged and get irritated. I would rather unplug things and live with the slight inconvenience than burn the house down I always unplug my chargers before I leave the house – then plug them back in when I get back and actually need to use them. I turn off all Dillon's stuff too, which annoys him. It's not about wasting electricity, as the amount a phone charger costs to run is very small; it's about safety. I've always had a habit of turning things off as my dad was a firefighter and used to tell me stories of things catching fire. I probably take fire safety more seriously than Dad does now. Dillon likes to leave his laptop charging overnight, which I think increases the risk of fire. When he comes home and it's not fully charged, he only has to lean forward maybe half a metre to plug it back in, but he complains. He moans and says to me, 'Can you plug it back in?' We've been together for six years but this problem has been more pertinent over the last year or so since we got three cats. I've always been worried about things catching fire, but I particularly don't want our cats to be burned alive while we're out. I'd rather unplug things and be just a little bit inconvenienced than set the house on the fire. Phones aren't fridges, they are not designed to stay on overnight. If I wake up and touch our phone batteries, they're really hot. I think Dillon is overreacting. For example, when I unplugged Dillon's toothbrush, he just used a manual one instead – it wasn't a big deal. Now as a compromise, if Dillon has left something charging, I will unplug it, but I don't turn sockets off at the wall any more as that seemed to annoy him more. He would assume the switch at the wall was on and when he realised it wasn't and something wasn't charged, he would get upset. From a fire safety perspective, I'd rather err on the side of caution. It's similar with security: if you don't double lock your door, it doesn't mean you will get broken into, but you increase the risk a little by not doing it. Should Amber stop unplugging things? I get the fear of fires from electronics as I live in an old house, but that is no reason to unplug everything every night. A compromise would be to only buy electronics from certified venders that provide trustworthy 23 It seems as though Amber just wants some peace of mind. If she grew up hearing about house fires, they've probably stuck with her. It would be much easier for Dillon to charge his devices during the day than for Amber to change her 18 As long as you're using devices that meet high safety requirements, the risk is small. Maybe compromise by unplugging things when you're both away for a while, but doing so every night is 52 I honestly had never even considered this as an issue before reading this case. But now I'm convinced that Amber is right and this is a fire hazard. I'll be unplugging all my devices tonight!Anna, 45 Amber isn't guilty as technically she's right about the fire risk. But she shouldn't unplug things Dillon thinks are charging without telling him, while he should be more understanding of her concerns (although Amber might want to reflect on whether her habit of unplugging things points to an underlying anxiety).Taylor, 33 In our online poll, tell us who you think is in the wrong? The poll closes on Wednesday 4 June at 10am BST We asked whether Kady should get a tattoo on her travels, like she promised her friend she would.2% of you said yes – Kady is guilty 98% of you said no – Kady is not guilty
Geek Girl Authority
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Girl Authority
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The Irish Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
‘Nothing like smoking a cigarette at 8-years-old', says Vogue Williams as she opens up on ‘feral' childhood
VOGUE Williams has opened up about her "feral" childhood and admitted she was smoking cigarettes at eight-years-old. The Irish model, 39, recently launched her Advertisement 2 Vogue Williams released her first autobiography last Friday 2 Vogue opened up on sisterly love and her 'feral' childhood in the book divorce , family troubles and manic childhood. The Growing up together, the podcaster confessed that herself and Amber "were always up to something, very feral and uncontrollable". She joked: "They are traits we still possess today.' Advertisement READ MORE IN VOGUE WILLIAMS Vogue and her siblings always had Au Pairs looking after them as children. The star pinpointed that one Au Pair, Majella, was "very strict" and "let them get away with nothing". However, Vogue confessed: "In Majella's defence, I can confirm that we were very difficult to deal with. Poor thing always had her hands full with us two brats." The popular presenter even went on to recall a selection of stories which proved how "insane" her childhood was with Amber. Advertisement MOST READ IN THE IRISH SUN She said: "We used to pick up used cigarette butts and smoke them. Eventually we graduated to stealing dad's cigs. "Nothing like smoking a Major cigarette when you're eight-years-old. Vogue Williams shares mum struggle 'If there was something we were told not to do, the chances are we were doing it. The most disgusting thing we did was pick chewing gum off the ground and eat it. 'The thought of it makes me feel so sick now. I was eating gum that someone had spat out onto the street." Advertisement Vogue recently took to The host told her followers: "I'm so excited because today is publication day. I feel less nervous now. "Everyone's being so nice and I'm seeing all your posts with the book. I feel like crying but I'm not going to cry online. "I hope you really enjoy it. I appreciate it more than you'll ever know and thank you. This is probably the most exciting day." Advertisement Vogue's husband 'VERY PROUD' The He wrote: "Watching Vogue write this book has been beautiful to behold. "She's loved the creative process and has spent countless months grafting hard to get the balance perfect. Advertisement "It's really honest and great fun but also a unique insight into her life and what makes her such a special person. "Big Mouth is finally here! Very proud of you."
