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Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Bob's Discount Furniture on track to open 20 stores in 2025: Here's a full list
A nationwide furniture retailer is expanding into several states for the first time this year as it opens more than a dozen locations. Bob's Discount Furniture is on track to unveil 20 stores in 2025, a spokesperson for the company confirmed to MassLive Wednesday. The New England-based company first announced plans to open 20 stores in March, including its first in Vermont and North Carolina. 'We're excited to bring our on-trend assortment of furniture, mattresses and home accents at everyday low prices to new customers and markets,' Chief Operating Officer Ramesh Murthy said in an online press release. 'Adding new territories also allows us to make a local impact on more communities by generating jobs and providing support to local schools and nonprofits, things that have been core to Bob's since our founding over 30 years ago,' Murthy said. Bob's Discount Furniture has opened six stores since the March announcement. The retailer currently sits at 195 stores across 25 states. A full list of recently opened stores and soon-to-open stores is below. Recently opened: Burnsville, Michigan Winchester, Virginia Reno, Nevada Davenport, Iowa Roseville, Michigan Bohemia, New York Opening in the spring: Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania (May 23) Opening in the summer/fall: Long Island City (Queens), New York Eatontown, New Jersey Easton, Pennsylvania Williston, Vermont Troy, Michigan Dorchester, Massachusetts Sacramento, California Several cities in North Carolina, including Durham, Fayetteville, Wilmington, Jacksonville, Winston-Salem and Cary In addition, Bob's Discount Furniture is relocating its stores in Newington, Connecticut and Mays Landing, New Jersey. Was Siri eavesdropping on you? You might be eligible for part of a $95M Apple settlement Walgreens closing dozens of locations across US, including Mass. See the full list Fenway concession workers could walk off the job for the first time. Here's why Longtime restaurant in Boston suburb permanently closing this month MassLive's 12 innovation leaders to watch in 2025 Read the original article on MassLive. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Los Angeles Times
09-05-2025
- Business
- Los Angeles Times
The Crowd: Exhibit recalls when Bob's was big on Balboa Island's Marine Avenue
The main gallery of Balboa Island Museum welcomed the community to an opening reception viewing the local history of the 'Bob's… Home of the Big Boy' eatery present on Balboa Island and serving enthusiastic crowds in mid-century America. Lines of locals and tourists alike stepped up to the street-front counter to order their prized Bob's burger and an 'extra thick' shake. Add hot fries (perhaps with blue cheese dressing on the side for dipping purposes) and it was the ideal treat for strolling Marine Avenue and then finding a bench or cement wall on the bayfront to take in the view and share burgers. All of those memories come rushing back as museum curator and executive director of Balboa Island Museum, Tiffany Pepys Hoey, collected and assembled a photo display along with narration on the history of the fast-food business on Balboa Island before all the big chains such as McDonald's became American fast-food phenomena. Bob's, (originally called Bob's Pantry) founded by Bob Wian and his team in 1936, first opened in Glendale. It was built by Bob Peterson (father of Balboa Island local Judy Tucker); the business eventually expanded to more than 240 locations. The Wian family lived in the Los Angeles area and also had a beach home in Newport and loved life on Balboa Island. Bob's was located in the orange-colored building in the 300 block of Marine Avenue in the 1960s. Bob Wian was often in the Island store greeting visiting customers and neighbors alike. The business was sold in 1967 to Marriott Corporation. Today, four Bob's locations still serve customers in Southern California: Burbank, Downey, Norco and Northridge. Credited with creating the three-decker hamburger, Wian's sandwich quickly became a hit, but it had yet to be named. According to restaurant lore, a chubby 6-year-old named Richard Woodruff had been doing chores at Bob's Pantry in exchange for free burgers. When Wian called him 'Big Boy,' the name stuck, and the rest is hamburger history. Another regular customer, Ben Washam, a movie studio animator for Warner Bros., sketched the now famous character on a napkin. The Big Boy burger craze that ensued prompted Bob Wian to change the diner's name to Bob's Big Boy and to introduce the now-iconic Big Boy mascot. Among the special items on display in the museum gallery is an original statue of 'Bob' on loan to the museum from a local collector on Balboa Island. Balboa Island Museum staff produced a lively hamburger-themed open house as museum members and guests poured in for the recent mid-week opening catered by museum board member Cynthia Shafer, talented restaurateur and proprietor of the Royal Hen on the Island. Burgers, fries, and ice cream treats delighted the crowd sharing memories. Checking out the photographic and memorabilia display in the main Gallery were Museum chief executive Shirley Pepys, John Conners, president of the museum board and his wife, Diana; Sue Sibley, Renee Pepys Lowe and Christine Tillet. Also there were John Scudder, Jim and Erin Moloney, Andrea and Tom McElroy, Bob and Kim Miller and Jack Callahan. The exhibit will run through June and into July, open free to the public daily. For more information, visit
Yahoo
17-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
'It's a lot of fun that we get to have him around.' Springfield WWII veteran turns 105
A few years ago, Monica Dyson recalled missing a birthday party for her grandfather, George Robert "Bob" Dyson of Springfield, who had just turned 100 years old. She had been around a co-worker who was diagnosed with COVID and was unsure if she had it herself. "My dad's comment was, 'It's fine, you'll get the next (birthday party)," Monica Dyson said. "We laughed, but that was three years ago, and here we are all, still. It's a lot of fun that we get to have him around." More: Crump: $10M settlement in Sonya Massey case 'bittersweet' Sunday marked the 105th birthday for Bob Dyson, a lifelong resident of Springfield. Four generations of family members attended a small get-together at Cedarhurst of Springfield with pizza and cake. Dyson, a former construction worker and home builder, still begins his day with 'Bob's Breakfast'—a toasted muffin with butter, grape jelly, and bacon, alongside two cups of coffee—and stays sharp by reading by reading The State Journal-Register and working crossword puzzles. His secret to a long life? "Take it easy, love your neighbor and love yourself." Dyson's son, Robert George "Bob" Dyson," said longevity is in the genes. Dyson's mother lived to be 95. An uncle lived to be 102. Bob Dyson, 81, said his father was always into sports. He bowled in several leagues, including one with his wife, Alice, who passed away in 1990, and played in a fast-pitch softball church league. Another son, Kirk Dyson, said his father also coached his brother and him in youth baseball. Later in life, Dyson took up golf, playing in a league at Bunn Park. Bob Dyson said his father still follows the professional golf on TV, especially rooting for Jordan Spieth. Dyson worked for both Vrendenburgh Home Builders and von Behren Builder after the war. He went to school with and was lifelong friends with Bob von Behren. A couple of years ago, the director at Cedarhurst put together a luncheon for Dyson's birthday. "People started showing up," Bob Dyson recalled. "Four or five people from the American Legion in uniform, from the VFW. Mayor (Jim) Langfelder came. He brought a proclamation. "Dad sat there and said (to the mayor), 'I knew your dad (former Springfield Mayor Ossie Langfelder). I worked on your dad's house. We both lived on Whittier Avenue.' "Dad built the house on Whittier and that's where we grew up. (Back then) there were only three houses on the block (between Outer Park and Lenox) because it was all new. There were (farm) fields (to the south)." After graduating from Springfield High School, Dyson served in the U.S. Army, building runways in Burma (the present-day Myanmar) and India. Bob Dyson said he didn't know if his father was the oldest living military veteran in Springfield, but he has a pretty good claim. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, a little over 66,000 Americans who served in World War II were still living as of 2024. Some 16.4 million Americans served in the war. There are 2,531 WWII veterans living in Illinois. Contact Steven Spearie: 217-622-1788; sspearie@ X, This article originally appeared on State Journal-Register: Illinois man, World War II veteran celebrates 105th birthday
