Whether you're traveling for business and staying in a hotel, the unfamiliar bed, place, sounds and light all can interfere with your rest.

Youthful exuberance was on display at a local construction industry product show last week, reflecting the budding spark of innovation shown by the next generation of professionals.

Like a country line dancer, Arian Hungaski moves back and forth between two prep areas behind the deli counter at Wanamakers General Store near Kempton in Berks County. She's assembling an order of sandwiches that includes special wraps offered only in the spring. They're made with chicken, fresh strawberries, feta cheese, mixed greens, balsamic glaze and a touch of mayo.

Lynda Somach has issues with our disposable culture.

A flight paramedic in the Lehigh Valley, Mike Adams of Upper Saucon Township has been brewing gourmet coffee marketed to emergency services and medical professionals since 2008 – with increasing demand and success.

It’s one thing to design a sign for a customer. It’s quite another to initiate site surveys, obtain permits and see a project through from design and manufacture to installation and ongoing maintenance, as well as ensure consistent branding of signs at multiple locations.

By pursuing his own passion and making a living while doing it, a Sellersville man is fierce about helping other small businesses create livelihoods while pursuing their dreams.

Walking into K&H Custom Window Treatments on Trexlertown Road in Lower Macungie Township, it would be easy to mistake the business as a quaint gift shop or a homey design studio.

It doesn’t deliver the delicate sound of a hard-boiled egg tapped on the edge of a kitchen counter, but an alternative yolk created by a Monroe County entrepreneur could become a sizzling success among vegans, vegetarians and those on a cholesterol-free diet.

Small businesses are formed out of an entrepreneur’s desire to create a product or service that people need and want.