The restaurant, affixed to the side of the house where owners Maria Rosa and Valentino Grampa live, is so small it has room for only one booth and two small tables. Some outdoor seating expands the options during the warmer months, but most of the business is take-out.

But what makes this place so old-fashioned is that the Grampas seem to know every person who walks in, greeting this one with a question about his mother's health, and that one with a friendly joke about schoolwork.

IBTS to contact donors over stolen laptop

He had the records of Irish donors on his laptop because the New York centre is customising a software programme it developed to meet the needs of the Irish blood service. Some 171,324 Irish donor records and 3,294 patient blood-group records were on the laptop. The donor records include details such as name, address, date of birth, gender, blood group and contact phone number. The records on the laptop included any donor details that were updated between July 2nd and October 11th, 2007. The IBTS said that while records were securely encrypted on the computer, there was a "remote" chance the data might be accessed by a third party. It said it was notified of the theft the day after it happened and it informed the Data Protection Commissioner of what happened on February 11th. "We are writing to each donor affected by this incident to reassure them and to advise them of the possibility, however remote, that their personal data might be accessed.

Denied permission to attend Sullivan Central Prom

My name is Tim Dougherty and I recently graduated from Sullivan Central High School. This year I was asked to attend prom at Sullivan Central, so I accepted. At Central the student has to get me "approved" to go, so I thought no big deal, I was not a huge trouble maker but, I did my share of trouble. Just the other day my date called me while I was on my way to work and told me I was denied, I couldn't believe it. My date had asked the assistant principal Kim Kirk the reason of my denial, she stated "former disciplinary actions". I thought to myself what could it have been. I thought the law was "Do the crime, do the time". I thought well I've done my time, there is no reason to be turned down. My mother went to the school and talked to assistant principal John K. Gibson, he was appaled and shocked.

Tiny tater treasures: Chefs take humble tot to the next level

Sheila Devaney of Chapel Hill, N.C., says the vegetarian Tater Tot casserole she learned to make while living in Georgia "is always the first thing gone when you bring it to a potluck at work. But if there's any left, it's even better the next day for breakfast."

Makes 8 servings (6 tots apiece).

Prepare small-plate menu for a big splash

Looking to make a big impression this Valentine's Day? Take a cue from the restaurant scene and start small. Small plates, that is. For more than a decade, chefs have been wowing diners with small plate offerings - one- or two-bite portions of often intensely flavored foods. The idea is grounded in Mediterranean and Asian culinary traditions, such as mezze and izakaya, and caught on as a way of letting people share and explore more of a restaurant's menu without needing to commit to entire entrees. .

Danville Goodyear plant to expand

The City of Danville has issued a building permit for an expansion at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plant on Goodyear Boulevard.

Taxing Internet sales

Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer, whose proposed budget already suffers from declining revenue projections, is floating a long-delayed plan to require out-of-state online companies to collect sales tax from shoppers in New York. If he's successful, New York would be the first state to reap that kind of direct sales-tax reward.

Spitzer first proposed the Internet sales tax collection plan in November, amid controversies over driver's licenses for illegal aliens and Troopergate.