This focused on one city, but I hope it was true everywhere. A study in Toronto found people started tipping more as soon as the pandemic hit. Before Covid, the average tip for a takeout order was 16.5%. Then it immediately jumped to 19% last April. And on some days last summer, it was up over 22%……….. As…… read more »
The Carteret County Health Department will offer COVID vaccines to teens ages 12 to 17 to reduce their chances of contracting COVID-19 and prevent virus-related hospitalization and death. Individuals who wish to make an appointment for their teen to receive the vaccine can call (252) 728-8550 and select Option 2. Appointments for vaccine clinics will…… read more »
ALEX VAN HALEN‘s custom Ludwig drum kit that he used during VAN HALEN‘s 1980 “Invasion” tour, is going to be sold at auction. IRON MAIDEN singer BRUCE DICKINSON got himself a new hip. Most guitarists make faces when they shred . . . but SLASH takes it to another level. According to sound engineer Micajah Ryan, Slash has a funny habit of drooling while concentrating during solos. Micajah…… read more »
A professor at M.I.T. is going viral after he put a crib in his office, so one of his grad students can bring her baby to work when she needs to. He also babysits when she needs help, and he loves it. He called the setup a “win-win.”………. A nine-year-old kid in Indiana found an envelope filled with $5,000 under a…… read more »
Local veteran to receive vehicle from Wells Fargo, Military Warriors Support Foundation and Lejeune Honda Cars 2021 Honda CRV to be presented at the dealership WHAT: Wells Fargo, in collaboration with Lejeune Honda Cars, will sponsor the donation of a payment-free 2021 Honda CRV through the Military Warriors Support Foundation’s Transportation4Heroes program. Vehicle recipient retired U.S.…… read more »
AEROSMITH have postponed their big anniversary show at Boston’s Fenway Park again. It was originally scheduled for last year, but was postponed due to the pandemic. It will now happen in September 2022. BILLY GIBBONS says a new ZZ TOP album is in the works. “Biography: KISStory“, a four hour, two-night TV event is airing Sunday, June 27…… read more »
A six-year-old in California told Make-A-Wish that he wanted to be a UPS driver for a day. So they made it happen, and even got him his own tiny UPS truck……….. Two brothers did a video chat with their mom on Mother’s Day, and she was surprised they were together, because they don’t live together. But then they held up her…… read more »
The Make-A-Wish Foundation granted a six-year-old cancer survivor’s wish in Texas recently, and let him push the button to blow up an OVERPASS that needed to be demolished. His name is Archer. He says it was, quote, “fun, and it was loud.”……….CHARLES BARKLEY seriously shelled out for his alma mater, the Leeds City School District in Alabama. First, he donated…… read more »
ROGER DALTREY is hitting the road for his Live and Kicking solo tour, and he’s got some dates in the U.S., but none in our area have been posted so far. Lollapalooza is officially going down July 29 – August 1 in Chicago. The line-up is pretty eclectic, andf includes JOURNEY, FOO FIGHTERS, MILEY CYRUS, POST…… read more »
A bunch of architecture students at the University of Kansas worked with a charity for homeless families, and turned 12 storage containers into homes they can live in.……… A bottlenose dolphin off the coast of New Zealand has adopted a baby pilot whale that will eventually be four times its size. Researchers say it’s not unheard of for female dolphins…… read more »