Turns out that the new restaurant that is scheduled to open up on City Island is a partnership between Paul, the Albanian owner of The Lighthouse and Jimmy, the Puerto Rican former owner of Jimmy's Cafe and current owner of two other Don Coqui restaurants.

City Island Images visited with these individuals today and they told cimages.me that they've also teamed up with the former owner of Lido Restaurant. However, they say that unfortunate operational issues have now delayed their grand opening.

With Obama's ratings close to an all-time low, the president should try to make this State of the Union speech a total game-changer, but he's probably going to be low-key.

Is it a solid and unified state or more like the state of disunion? There is little President Barack Obama can do to help the Democrats this year. He appears to be less popular and his value on the campaign trail has been severely limited, especially in the places that matter most for Democrats.

It will now cost nearly one half dollar to mail a letter. $0.49 for a first class stamp and $0.34 for a post card.

The USPS claims that literally and figuratively, they deliver for America. Even in an increasingly digital world, they claim to remain part of the bedrock infrastructure of this nation’s economy, serving its people and businesses and binding the nation together.

The cold war era may be a thing of the past, but the cold weather refuses to go away. Winter ends on March 19 and as far as most people are concerned, they wish it would end right now.

Some folks who are not very religious, or spiritual are praying for this God forsaken record-low temperatures to finally end. Soon others will be dealing with more snow and much colder temperatures. Forecasters say the "polar vortex" that's bringing the frigid air may decide to stay a while. This news has lots of people struggling.