ARAMARK, headquartered in Philadelphia, in the large business category; Taste Buds Management in New Orleans, in the mid-size business category, and King Eider's Pub and Restaurant in Damariscotta, Maine, in the small business category. Tammy and Noel Cunningham

By Susan Milton, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass. Feb. 20--ORLEANS -- Just one newly hatched family of piping plovers can block drivers from the cherished summer pastime of driving the Outer Beach.

By Susan Milton, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass. Feb. 14--ORLEANS -- The prospect of killing a few coyotes, foxes and crows didn't stop selectmen last night from finding out whether piping plovers and beach drivers can share Nauset Beach.

By Dan Herbeck Niagara County businessman David R. Cain Jr. and two family members were convicted late Friday of running a violent gang that threatened, bullied and attacked business people in rural areas of Niagara and Orleans counties.

By Dan Herbeck, The Buffalo News, N.Y. Dec. 8--Niagara County businessman David R. Cain Jr. and two family members were convicted late Friday of running a violent gang that threatened, bullied and attacked business people in rural areas of Niagara and Orleans counties.