The showroom is still full of furniture but the doors are staying closed at the Ashley Furniture Homestore in the Waikele Shopping Center. The only explanation for now is from a recording customers get when calling the store.
“Due to unfortunate economic circumstances, we are disappointed to inform you that Ashley store is going out of [...]

Makers, sellers and drinkers of craft beer can toast another great year in 2005, as that segment of the alcoholic beverage market enjoyed another boom.
America’s craft brewers sold 9 percent more barrels in 2005 than in 2004, according to the Brewers Association, which boasts that statistic shows craft beer is the fastest-growing segment for the [...]

Volume Up 9 Percent in 2005, Says Brewers Association
America’s craft brewers sold 9.0 percent more barrels of beer in 2005 versus 2004, making craft beer the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. beverage alcohol industry for the second consecutive year, according to the Brewers Association, the Boulder, CO-based trade association for U.S. craft brewers.
“Craft beer volume [...]

Approximately 100 American craft breweries from 35 different states join together in celebrating the 300th birthday of Benjamin Franklin this month. They do so with Poor Richard’s Ale, a beer brewed from a common recipe in recent weeks at scores of breweries all across America.
“To our knowledge, a single recipe has never been produced in [...]