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Associated Press
2 days ago
- Business
- Associated Press
Fourth Generation, Family Owned LogoTags to Showcase Custom Challenge Coins at Kentucky Emergency Services Conference
Ball Chain Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s Promotional Products Division to Feature Custom Challenge Coins and Other Promotional Products MOUNT VERNON, NY / ACCESS Newswire / July 21, 2025 / LogoTags, Ball Chain Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s (Ball Chain) promotional products division, is pleased to announce that it will exhibit at the annual Kentucky Emergency Services Conference at Louisville's Airport Crowne Plaza Hotel. The event will take place from Tuesday, September 3rd through Friday, September 6th. The conference is committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and professional environment where all participants feel safe, heard, and valued. Fire Chief Dave Goldsmith (Ret.), LogoTags' Independent Sales Representative, will exhibit a large selection of high-quality custom products at this year's Challenge Coin by LogoTags LogoTags provides a full range of custom promotional products, including custom challenge coins, military dog tags, bottle openers, race medals, metal tags, lapel pins, key chains, silicone bracelets, and scores of other custom products. Custom challenge coins and custom military challenge coins, which typically bear an organization's insignia or distinct logo, were originally displayed as proof of membership. They remain an integral part of the culture in fire departments across the nation. LogoTags supplies custom challenge coins made of the highest quality brass, with no set up charges, unlimited art changes, and digital proofs free of charge distinguishing itself from competitors. 'Many of our returning customers are rescue service professionals. We look forward to attending the conference and thanking them in person for their service. We are grateful that they continue to choose LogoTags for their challenge coins, custom medals, and other promotional product needs,' explains Chief Goldsmith. 'We are incredibly proud to make custom challenge coins for emergency service personnel,' says Bill Taubner, President of Ball Chain Manufacturing Co., Inc. 'It's an honor to support those who serve our communities, and it's genuinely fulfilling for our team to help create meaningful and lasting symbols of appreciation and recognition.' LogoTags performs many services on-site and has exclusive arrangements with suppliers and manufacturers around the world. These relationships distinguish LogoTags from the competition and enable the sales team to extend volume discounts to customers. LogoTags has proudly worked with corporate entities, professional sports teams, universities, and government agencies at all levels. In addition, the LogoTags customer service team prides itself on ensuring that each customer is treated with the greatest care and respect. For more information about custom challenge coins and other promotional products, visit LogoTags at More about Ball Chain Manufacturing Co., Inc. and LogoTags, a division of Ball Chain Manufacturing Co., Inc.: Bill Taubner, the current company President, honors his great-grandfather and grandfather who started Ball Chain Manufacturing Co., Inc. (Ball Chain) in a small garage behind their home in the Bronx, NY. The company has been family owned and operated since 1938. Ball Chain is now the world's largest manufacturer of ball chains, seen on military dog tags, ceiling fans, handbags, and light pulls, among many other goods. The company manufactures more than 4 million feet of product per week at its Mount Vernon, New York, factory (all ball chains are made in the USA). LogoTags, Ball Chain's promotional products division, provides custom dog tags, military challenge coins, bottle openers, lapel pins, charms and metal tags to name just a few items. LogoTags fabricates custom promotional products at its Mount Vernon, New York, manufacturing facility and works with long-term production partners overseas to bring customers the finest items from across the globe. We put our heart into everything we do. Contact InformationBill Taubner President 914-720-3164 SOURCE: LogoTags press release
New York Times
3 days ago
- Politics
- New York Times
Edwin Feulner, ‘Heritage Foundation's George Washington,' Dies at 83
Edwin J. Feulner Jr., a right-wing congressional aide who felt himself in the ideological 'wilderness' in the 1970s, but who, as the co-founder of the Heritage Foundation and its leader for most of its existence, became one of the most influential figures of a resurgent conservative movement, died on Friday. He was 83. The Heritage Foundation announced his death in a statement that did not specify where he died or the cause. Mr. Feulner (pronounced FULL-ner) created Heritage with a friend, Paul Weyrich, in 1973. They wanted to go beyond informing public debate, as other think tanks did at the time, to influencing votes on legislation. Heritage would produce its work before big bills were introduced in Congress distill its findings into easily digestible blurbs, called 'backgrounders,' for harried politicians and their aides. Mr. Weyrich went on to found several other conservative groups. Mr. Feulner ran Heritage from 1977 until 2013, and he became interim head again for a brief period in 2017. Two years ago, during a 50th anniversary celebration at Mount Vernon, the organization's current president, Kevin Roberts, called Mr. Feulner 'the Heritage Foundation's George Washington.' As Mr. Feulner described it, the foundational principles of Heritage included 'free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional values and a strong national defense,' The New York Times reported in 2018. The group was in the news during the last presidential election, when Kamala Harris and other Democrats argued that a Heritage document called Project 2025 would become a shadow agenda for Donald Trump's second term. Mr. Trump strenuously sought to disassociate himself from the nearly 900-page list of policies, which included doctrinaire right-wing positions on such politically delicate subjects as abortion. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Archaeologists Made 'Blockbuster Find' Under George Washington's Mount Vernon Floor
Most people associate George Washington with cherry trees. Supposedly, a young George Washington confessed to his dad that he had damaged a cherry tree with a hatchet. The story is used to stress the importance of honesty. The legend, though, is a myth, invented by a Washington biographer, according to a history of the fable on the Mount Vernon website. But archaeologists made a treasured finding underneath that very house's floor, and it relates to cherries. Mount Vernon was the home of America's first president, and its website says it's one of the most-visited historic sites in the U.S. A July 5 report by Popular Mechanics revisited how archaeologists found "once-forgotten" bottles under a brick floor at Mount Vernon. The pre-Revolutionary War artifacts were "likely filled with cherries" in the mid-1770s and still bore the "scent of cherry blossoms," the magazine noted. The discovery was made in 2024. A news release from Mount Vernon at the time explained that, as "part of the landmark privately funded $40 million Mansion Revitalization Project at George Washington's Mount Vernon, archaeologists have made a significant discovery of two intact European-manufactured bottles in the Mansion cellar." The dark green glass bottles "were found upright and sealed, each containing liquid. The bottle shapes are characteristic of styles from the 1740s - 1750s and were recovered from a pit where they may have been forgotten and eventually buried beneath a brick floor laid in the 1770s," the release says. "Cherries, including stems and pits, were preserved within the liquid contents, which still bore the characteristic scent of cherry blossoms familiar to residents of the region during the spring season," the release notes. 'As we conduct a historic preservation effort at the iconic home of America's first President and revolutionary hero, we have been deliberate and intentional about carefully excavating areas of potential disruption,' said Mount Vernon President & CEO Doug Bradburn. 'Consequently, we have made a number of useful discoveries including this blockbuster find of two fully intact glass bottles containing liquid that have not been seen since before the war for American independence.' That's not all. The revitalization project unearthed other treasures in the house. Teams "working in the cellar of the Mansion have unearthed an astounding 35 glass bottles from the 18th century in five storage pits. Of the 35 bottles, 29 are intact and contain perfectly preserved cherries and berries, likely gooseberries or currants. The contents of each bottle have been carefully extracted, are under refrigeration at Mount Vernon, and will undergo scientific analysis," according to Mount Vernon. "The bottle shapes are characteristic of styles from the 1740s – 1750s and were recovered from five pits where they may have been forgotten." Jason Boroughs, Mount Vernon's principal archaeologist, told NBC 16, 'Finding what is essentially fresh fruit, 250 years later, is pretty spectacular. All the stars sort of have to align in the right manner for that to happen. "Whole pieces of fruit, recognizable as cherries, were found in some of the bottles," the station Made 'Blockbuster Find' Under George Washington's Mount Vernon Floor first appeared on Men's Journal on Jul 16, 2025 Solve the daily Crossword
CBS News
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Elise Finch, our beloved colleague, remembered two years after her death
Two years ago, a bright light dimmed at CBS News New York, when our beloved colleague Elise Finch suddenly died. Her memory and legacy endures. She's still very much a part of our lives. "When Elise would walk in a room, you knew Elise was in the room. She always brought it," John Elliott remembered. "Elise was real, and I hope that we can all just strive to be that real on TV, and more importantly that real in life." Every newsroom has its rhythms. For 16 years, our rhythm included Elise - a warm front of kindness and confidence. She had a scientist's mind, a broadcaster's wit and a friend's heart. She could explain everything from barometric pressure to why Janet Jackson is the greatest artist of all time. But her real connections came from being relatable. "Elise and I are both so messy," Cindy Hsu said. "She and I would just try so hard to clean up a little corner, we'd take a before and after picture, send it to each other and feel so good that we cleaned up a little bit. So she was my little 'messy Marvin' partner, in addition to everything." This year, Elise's hometown of Mount Vernon welcomed her into their Hall of Fame. The award was accepted by her husband Graig and their daughter Grace. "I just wanted to thank everybody for the just amazing support that Mount Vernon has shown us throughout this whole time," Graig said. It has been two years since we lost Elise, and her smile still shows up for us every day. CBS News New York has a quiet room, where we can go when the headlines feel too heavy. A plaque paying tribute to her is there. Her picture also sits on a mirror where the CBS News New York team makes their final checks before they go live, as a reminder to speak clearly, stay grounded, and smile - just like Elise.
Washington Post
10-07-2025
- Washington Post
Retired police sergeant gets 6 months in prison for Taser attack on man in mental health crisis
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A retired police sergeant in a New York suburb has been sentenced to six months in prison and six months of home confinement for repeatedly firing a Taser gun at a man suffering a health crisis. U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas told the retired Mount Vernon police sergeant, Mario Stewart, that it was necessary 'to send a clear message' to law enforcement that although policing is a 'really hard,' there are rules and 'where the line is clear, you cannot cross it.'
