Mark Fisher
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Mark Fisher, a 1981 graduate of Ohio State University and a 1976 graduate of Beavercreek High School, is a third-generation Dayton-area resident who has worked for the Dayton Daily News since 1983. He covered higher education and K-12 education accountability issues for nearly 20 years before taking over the food and dining beat in 2006. He also has written a wine column for the newspaper since 1989. He writes the Taste: Dayton Food and Restaurants and Uncorked blogs for the newspaper's web site. He and his wife Julie, who teaches at Fairmont High School, live in Kettering and have two adult sons who are Fairmont graduates.
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Gas, beef prices spike before holiday weekend
The price of two traditional staples of the Memorial Day weekend — beef and gasoline — are jumping just in time for the holiday.Wholesale prices of some grades and cuts of beef set record have reached all-time highs at the same time the region’s gasoline prices have spiked 30 cents ...
Gas, beef prices spike before holiday weekend
The prices of two staples of the Memorial Day weekend — beef and gasoline — are jumping just in time for the holiday. Wholesale prices of some grades and cuts of beef have reached all-time highs at the same time the region’s gasoline prices have spiked 20 cents a gallon ...
Salon Lofts to enter Dayton market
The Columbus-based Salon Lofts will enter the Dayton beauty-care market this fall by opening locations in the Town & Country Shopping Center in Kettering and in Washington Park Plaza in Washington Twp., the company’s CEO said Friday. Nora’s Design Group in the Town & Country space will become Salon Lofts ...
New ‘paint-and-sip’ wine bar coming to Dayton Mall
A new entertainment destination that offers wine and beer by the glass in conjunction with hands-on painting classes is scheduled to open in mid-July at the Dayton Mall, joining similar shops in Centerville and West Chester. Pinot’s Palette , a franchise shop of a Houston-based “paint-and-sip” company that operates more ...
Coke takes anti-obesity campaign global
Coca-Cola on Wednesday pledged to offer low and no-calorie drinks in every region it serves, cease all marketing to children under 12 years old and provide nutritional information on all of its packaging. The Atlanta-based company, which makes Sprite, Fanta and Minute Maid, already offers diet drinks in most markets. ...
CEO poll tabs Ohio as most improved among states
Two separate surveys released Tuesday — one of CEOs, the other of small businesses — concluded that Ohio has greatly enhanced its business climate, with the CEOs declaring Ohio the most-improved among the 50 states. “Both of these studies, especially since they were released on the same day, just highlight ...
Tax plan stirs clash of titans
An online sales-tax proposal has triggered a divisive debate among business owners and attracted a strange-bedfellows mix of supporters that includes the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce and Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown. The “Marketplace Fairness Act,” which will be voted on by the U.S. Senate as early as Monday, ...
Senator stumps in Oregon District for minimum wage hike
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown acknowledges it will be an uphill battle to pass a law boosting the federal minimum wage to more than $10 an hour, but the Ohio Democrat is traveling the state to push for the legislation that he co-sponsored. “This would be food for workers, it would ...
Home, garden centers expect big business today
Today is expected to be one of the busiest days of the year at southwest Ohio home-improvement and lawn and garden stores, with the nation’s largest home-improvement retailer calling this the springtime equivalent of “Black Friday” weekend. This year’s frigid and occasionally snowy March — in stark contrast to last ...
h.h. gregg to close Miamisburg store, relocate to Dayton Mall
Officials at h.h. gregg appliances and electronics confirmed Wednesday that they will close a store at 240 Springboro Pike (Ohio 741) and relocate to a new store inside the Dayton Mall. The appliance and electronics chain “seeks locations that are easily accessible and convenient for our customers. We determined that ...
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