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Hip Hop Fever Returns to Lehman Center for the Performing Arts on May 18

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Following last year’s successful Hip Hop Fever concert at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, to mark the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop, 50 years after the Hip Hop musical genre was born in the neighborhoods of the South Bronx in the early 1970s, “Hip Hop Fever” is back!

As “Charged Lemonade” Removed from Some Menus amid Health Concerns, Read on to Check for Caffeine Levels in Different Products

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Following various media reports on Tuesday, May 7, that the Panera Bread restaurant chain is discontinuing its offering of “Charged Lemonade,” a caffeinated beverage, from its menu, following multiple lawsuits and causing a public relations nightmare for the company, consumers may want to know more about how they can find out what the amounts of caffeine are in various other caffeinated beverages.

Norwood Co-Op Awaits Audit Findings Amid Frustration over Recent Maintenance Fee Increases

By DAVID GREENE
A few dozen shareholders of a private cooperative located in Norwood await the results of a promised audit of the co-op’s finances, after they were hit at short notice with what they see as steep maintenance fee increases, and dispute certain decisions taken in relation to the finances. The move follows a recent ownership shake-up which has seen a replacement majority co-op shareholder in the mix.