Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience Non-members can add the privileges at checkout through our 30 day free trial By continuing I accept the Terms & Condition and Privacy Policy. I would like to receive Newsletter from MICHELIN Guide Save lists of your favorite restaurants & hotels The Dutch government announced that new border controls aimed at addressing "irregular migration and human trafficking" will start on December 9. The Marechaussee will conduct these checks for a period of six months, confirmed Asylum Minister Marjolein Faber on Monday. Despite the fact that official asylum figures have fallen sharply in recent months, the Cabinet claimed an influx of asylum seekers prompted the government to enact the measure. Under European Union rules, member states can reintroduce temporary border controls only in urgent or unforeseen situations. Earlier in the day, the Ministry of Asylum and Migration said that 700 people requested asylum in the Netherlands during the week ending on Sunday. During the same week in 2023, that total was about 1,200. Overall, asylum figures are down by 5 percent compared to each of the previous two years. Faber said the new policy intends to limit the free movement of people and goods across European borders, though it will aim to minimize disruptions to economic traffic and commuters. Faber indicated the government would not add personnel to support these border efforts. The Marechaussee currently conducts limited spot inspections along borders, but this initiative aligns with heightened controls in other EU nations, including Germany and France, aimed at countering terrorism and illegal immigration. The Marechaussee is the branch of the Dutch military tasked with policing the country’s borders. Faber promptly notified Brussels and other EU member states of the decision to comply with the required four-week notice period before implementing border controls. Airport inspections will target only high-risk flights to limit impacts on routine travel and trade. © 2012-2025, NL Times, All rights reserved. The unofficial mayor of Haymount has ended his long run cutting hair in the heart of Fayetteville. On Thursday, customers, friends and family paid tribute to Donnie Barefoot, the owner of Hamont Barber Shop. Barefoot closed his shop for good in the Wooten Building off Fort Bragg Road. It was one of the oldest — if not the oldest — active barbershops in town. The business, which dated back to 1945 when it was on Morganton Road, never reopened after temporarily shutting down in March, when N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper’s executive orders closed barbershops and other businesses considered nonessential to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. “He’s definitely the mayor of Haymount. I don’t know what we’ll do,” said Frances Morketter, who runs Betty Kelly’s Gift Shop nearby the barbershop. “If we had any questions, it’s always, ’Go ask Donnie. He’ll know.’” On Thursday afternoon, a small group of people sat on the back of a pickup and milled around outside the barbershop to congratulate Barefoot and wish him well. “We will miss you, Donnie,” read one sign placed in front of a blue tent under which his wife, Nancy, sat. Another one said, “Thanks for the memories.” A drive-by parade rolled by, led by a Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office vehicle. Sheriff Ennis Wright emerged from the second car to present Barefoot with a certificate of appreciation for service to the community. People waved and shouted such things as “You the man, Donnie,” “Thank you” and “We love you, Mr. Barefoot.” The barber, lean and looking good after recent open heart surgery, stood by Fort Bragg Road and waved back, his emotions held in check. One white-haired man approached Barefoot and told him he needed a haircut “right now.” Jim Kiley, 81, also dropped by, and the two men briefly discussed the old days. “I’m going to miss him,” Kiley said. “I won’t get none of the Haymount news. He was like a newspaper.” In 1959 at age 19, Barefoot started working for previous owner Paul Teague at the shop, eventually taking over in 1972. Barefoot, who turned 80 on March 23, seldom missed work over his 61-year run. “I cut judges, city managers, police officers, lawyers. I’ve cut them all,” he said Wednesday. “You appreciate their business. I’ve cut some of all of them. “I’ll miss it for a while,” he said. “It brings back memories to you. It will take a while to get adjusted. When you get too old, you have to ease off after a while. I’ve got a big yard. I’ve got a lot of work to do.” Four generations of families in Fayetteville and the region have had their hair trimmed at Hamont Barber Shop. (The spelling of the business, Hamont, is different from the name of the locale, Haymount, as money was saved by using fewer letters in the original signage.) George Richardson, the father of former Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson, who grew up in Fayetteville, used to cut hair at the shop. “He was there when I went there,” Barefoot said. Barefoot, a Sampson County native who grew up three miles from Spivey’s Corner, said he has always enjoyed talking to people and finding out what’s going on in their neighborhood and lives. “It was a sad day when we decided to close up,” said Harriet McLaren, a fellow barber who had cut hair next to Barefoot for 17 years. “Donnie Barefoot never forgot a thing,” she said. If a first-time customer came in, sat in his chair and told Barefoot how he wanted his hair cut, the barber was known to remember that request from then on. “Like a steel trap,” McLaren said of his mind. “It’s in there. You’re getting a haircut, and he listens to what you say.” The 57-year-old Morketter said Tuesday that before she ever got to know him, she had heard about Barefoot “forever.” In 1992, she bought Offspring Children’s Shop, which was next to Barefoot’s barbershop. In February 2016, she moved her mother’s former gift shop to the first floor of the Wooten Building, one business down from Hamont Barber Shop. Their paths would cross often over the years as the barbershop largely remained the same in a military town that continued to grow and change. “To me,” Morketter said, “he’s so kind and quiet in a natural way. But I never sat in his barber chair. He’s just a strong, kind, hard-working man. Just kind of a wonderful basic guy. And he’s funny.” Her husband, Tom, had been getting his hair cut at Barefoot’s shop since his father, Dick, died when Tom was about 10. When the elder Morketter died, he left behind five boys and a girl for their mother, Sarah, to raise. Barefoot has told him that, best he can remember, he cut all the children’s hair — including Tom’s sister, Cherie. “He cut mine a month and a half ago,” said Tom Morketter, 62. “He’s cut it all my life.” “It was such a throwback going in there,” he said. “You would go back in time just going in there getting a haircut.” “During the visitation,” he said, “I looked up and there he was. It kind of speaks to who he is. He took the time to close his barbershop — and it took an effort for him to close that place down because he never closed. “It just meant the most to me,” Morketter said. McLaren, who is 53, joined the business after relocating to Fayetteville from Florida. She said Barefoot always had a woman who worked in the shop with him, including Ethel Little, who barbered until she was 86. She was grandfathered in and never had to get her barber’s license. At the age of 19, Barefoot earned his license from the Durham Institute of Barbery. Besides Barefoot and McLaren, Richard Mason also worked at the shop part time. “I think Donnie would have worked there until he dropped,” McLaren said. “He had a heart attack at the end of November, and they put stents in and he came back to work. There was another problem, and he had open heart surgery. He told me to go ahead and take the shop.” McLaren opted not to take over the business. “I can’t imagine working there without Donnie,” she said. Though the mayor of Haymount has called it quits, he will continue to cut hair from wife Nancy’s former beauty shop behind the carport at their home in “Rebel City,” on the outskirts of Salemburg in his native Sampson County. Barefoot will continue his trade by appointment. “It will be different,” said Frances Morketter, the owner of Betty Kelly’s Gift Shop. “All day long, men getting out of their cars getting haircuts. I hate to see the business go. It’s just going to be weird not having that here.” Staff writer Michael Futch can be reached at mfutch@fayobserver.com or 910-486-3529. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. ​CategoriesCategoriesEnglishCULTUREAfter sale of Abbey of Hamont-Achel only five Belgian Trappist beers remain26 January 2023 The Abbey of Hamont-Achel ​ was sold to a Kempen entrepreneur yesterday Achel beer may not carry the official Authentic Trappist Product label (ATP) anymore This means that only five Belgian Trappist beers remain Achel and Westvleteren have marketed their own brews it remained an exclusively Belgian product only five Trappist beers remain in Belgium while there is new ones popping up in the rest of the world there are 10 beer brands worldwide authorised to carry the official ATP label The conditions for being officially called Trappist is that the beer must be produced within the monastery walls 'by or under the supervision of' monks and that proceeds are earmarked for the needs of the monastic community This is what makes Trappist breweries different from commercial counterparts Copy linkGet updates in your mailboxYour email addressSubscribeBy clicking "Subscribe" I confirm I have read and agree to the Privacy Policy rapid and high-quality information 24 hours a day from Belgium and abroad to all Belgian media not to mention entertainment and lifestyle our journalists and press photographers produce hundreds of photos and news stories Since the end of March 2022 English has been added as a language businesses and various organisations that need reliable information Belga News Agency also offers a comprehensive range of corporate services to meet all their communication needs www.belganewsagency.eu owner and proprietor of the famed Haymont Grill & Steak House that stood as a Fayetteville icon for more than six decades Skenteris died Monday surrounded by his family a family whose role in the restaurant industry has influenced how Fayetteville has eaten for generations.  Skenteris' death comes less than a month after the passing of his younger brother, George, who opened George's Pasta Gyros NY Subs (originally Baldino's) on Yadkin Road in 1983.  More: George's restaurant closes: 'Every good thing comes to an end, including us' More: Baldino's closes 2 locations; owner says its time to 'enjoy what we built' Skenteris first stepped into the kitchen at the Haymont Grill & Steak House in 1956 five years after he came to the United States from Stenoma Skenteris bought a stake in the restaurant from then-owner Steve Fermanides presidents and other dignitaries on their way through Fayetteville remain a centerpiece of the city's Haymount neighborhood.  Skenteris was a patriarch of a large Greek-American family who shaped Fayetteville's restaurant scene for generations due in no small part to Skenteris' decision in the 1970s to sponsor 47 family members to move to the U.S Many followed in Skenteris' footsteps and joined the family restaurant business a network which nowadays includes Chris's Steakhouse Lindy's and many other well-known Fayetteville restaurants.  More: 6 long-running Fayetteville restaurants that have stood the test of time Some of Jimmy Skenteris' earliest memories are of running around his father's restaurant as a young boy He inherited his father's love of cooking and joined the family business out of high school.  Despite the long hours demanded of the restaurant industry Jimmy said his father always found time for him and the family He'd always go to Jimmy's high school football games and even though it was hard to take off on Saturdays when the restaurant was busy Jimmy said his dad would find the time to drive up to Chapel Hill for UNC football games.  "He always made time for us," Jimmy said.  Support local journalism with a subscription to The Fayetteville Observer. Click the “subscribe” link at the top of this article A longtime member and past president of Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, Pete went to church every Sunday. He was active in several community groups and was an organizer of his church's annual spaghetti dinner, a tradition that dates back to 1958.  When able to take a break from the restaurant the family would go to the beach, where they had a vacation property.  "That's where his relaxation was," Jimmy said.  Jimmy said his father got into the restaurant business because that's what he grew up in but it was the relationships he made — and keeping those people fed with good food — that drove him every day Jimmy remembered how his father gave candy and gum to kids when they came in the restaurant "He was one of the greatest dads," Jimmy said It is a priority for CBC to create products that are accessible to all in Canada including people with visual Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. according to an OPP tweet.Lanes briefly shut down for single vehicle incidentCBC News · Posted: Jun 29 2015Social SharingAll lanes on Highway 403 eastbound approaching Mohawk road are now open CLEARED:COLLISION: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hwy403?src=hash">#Hwy403</a> EB approaching Mohawk Rd A single vehicle reportedly caused all lanes to be closed earlier Monday afternoon until a cleanup crew arrived Lanes were gradually opened up until all were cleared just after 4 p.m there were some reports on social media of a "jacknifed" tractor trailer at the scene It'll likely be a mess for a little while <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HamOnt?src=hash">#HamOnt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AM900CHML">@AM900CHML</a> <a href="https://t.co/LNiXYEnJ24">https://t.co/LNiXYEnJ24</a> Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem Sure to excite Hamilton’s foodies and lovers of all things local, the city’s new Strathcona Market has officially opened its doors The market is an offshoot of existing sister spots Dundurn Market and Ottawa Market and all three put emphasis on selling food products farmed or crafted by local and regional providers If you miss @mustardseedcoop, you won't want to miss the opening weekend of Strathcona Market! Tomorrow 8am 🎉 https://t.co/GB08cT8BPj #HamOnt pic.twitter.com/8ABUoh1aBE — The Generator (@TheGeneratorCa) December 3, 2021 Selling everything from seasonal produce to locally farmed eggs from fresh sourdough to handmade chocolates Strathcona Market becomes another exciting entry into the growing list of small independent grocers that put the region’s farmers and purveyors front and centre The new market has famously taken over the space that most recently housed The Mustard Seed Co-op a shop with a similar mission to provide an outlet for locally-sourced products that came to a tumultuous end earlier this year when the co-op declared bankruptcy Strathcona Market was quick to take over the newly vacant space and now – mere months later – the new market has fully opened its doors and has already attracted crowds of locals excited to check the shop out Strathcona Market is open now at 460 York Boulevard. Check them out on social media for more Lead image courtesy of @strathconamarkethamont Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" © 2025 Robert Cekan Professional Real Estate Corporation Robert Cekan is a Broker at Real Broker Ontario Ltd. homey diners has announced that it is bidding farewell Pete & Kay Diner a quirky two-storey spot for homestyle breakfast and dinner that became a relatively new fixture of Westdale Village has announced via social media that they are officially closing their doors — Turd Ferguson (@GoldRecordDaddy) August 29, 2019 “Sad to say that we are not going to open our doors again for regular business,” said the restaurant in an Instagram post The diner was essentially a resurrection of James North’s dearly departed Jack & Lois another well loved diner-style spot offering up playful comfort foods Setting up shop in the Westdale area just a few years ago in 2019 Pete & Kay Diner quickly became a beloved spot for neighbourhood residents and McMaster students alike with sturdy takes on diner classics like Eggs Benedict Pete & Kay Diner is also selling off the contents of their spacious restaurant to those who want to grab some treasures like vintage furniture Read more on Pete & Kay Diner’s social media Lead image courtesy of @peteandkaydiner The lights are off and the doors are locked at Hamilton taco & tequila joint Mezcal, as the restaurant appears to have permanently closed its doors The closure comes amid a massive swirling of allegations of abuse and harassment against restaurant owner and operator Manny Ferreira who is currently under investigation for sexual assault A report in the Hamilton Spectator – which has also been doing ongoing coverage of the vast and varied allegations against Ferreira – notes that Mezcal has not renewed its business license for the year as confirmed by the city’s municipal licensing and enforcement department Mezcal, the restaurant run by chef Manny Ferreira who is under investigation for sexual assault, has closed, reports @susanclairmont #HamOnthttps://t.co/4j6wQnaTtC — Hamilton Spectator (@TheSpec) April 15, 2021 While no formal announcement from the restaurant has been made regarding the closure all of Mezcal’s social media accounts have remained inactive since February and the restaurant’s presence on delivery apps like Uber Eats is no longer active either Mezcal was a hot spot for tacos and tequila served in cozy ambient quarters when it originally opened on James South back in 2015 It was later accompanied by a sister spot directly below the restaurant More details of Mezcal’s closure have yet to be made public; although a Google search notes Mezcal as “temporarily closed,” raising questions of whether or not the taco bar will attempt to make its return in the future It appears that one of Hamilton’s best known spots for authentic Korean cuisine has unceremoniously closed its doors Alirang Restaurant which sits prominently at the corner of Main Street West and Locke Street South has had its doors locked and lights out for months now with its phone number no longer in service and the restaurant’s signage officially removed from the building as of a few weeks ago Alirang, a Korean restaurant on Main Street West, appears to be no more #HamOnthttps://t.co/sjuwL3CLb1 — Hamilton Spectator (@TheSpec) May 4, 2021 The restaurant was beloved among local food lovers for its menu of classic Korean dishes like bulgogi Some residents have readily made public mention of how much they’ll miss this underrated fixture of Hamilton’s food scene they had some of the best Korean food in the city,” remarked user ‘mekju905’ on Reddit As Alirang’s closure occurred with little fanfare it’s currently unknown if this restaurant will be making a future appearance anywhere else in Hamilton the community fridge in Hamilton’s Crown Point neighbourhood was barren — which led to rock musician Tom Wilson telling fans to slide into his DMs to help said on Twitter that he would sell three of his art pieces — intricately painted canoe paddles — as an impromptu fundraiser to buy grocery items for Community Fridges HamOnt Community Fridges had shared photos of their east-end Crown Point fridge at 204 Ottawa St after fielding interest through direct messages on his Twitter account Wilson said his artwork had been sold to buyers from Hamilton to Victoria and it would be put toward “deliver Thousands of $$$$ of food.” “Let’s continue to give our neighbours a fighting chance.” Hello & happy mid-week #HamOnt. Donations are needed at *all* community fridge locations.Here’s 204 Ottawa St. N today: pic.twitter.com/5Ulub0UYeV — Community Fridges HamOnt (@cf_hamont) January 26, 2022 — Tom Wilson Artwork (@TomWilsonArt) January 29, 2022 which has come into being during the COVID-19 pandemic has three locations in the city where there is 24/7 access to donate or pick up food and personal items there is a Hamilton Mountain community fridge at 44 Greendale Dr. The downtown Beasley neighbourhood also has one at 249 John St A list of dos and don’ts for donations is pinned to Community Fridges’ Twitter page DONATION GUIDELINES. No big changes; just a little update. Please familiarize yourself before donating – thank you! pic.twitter.com/8YwFYFb6ai — Community Fridges HamOnt (@cf_hamont) December 24, 2021 Wilson has been rock performer since the early 1980s along with being the frontman of the 1990s CanRock band Junkhouse and also being part of roots-rock act Blackie and the Rodeo Kings is a collaboration with alumni of the Cowboy Junkies and Skydiggers who achieved prominence in CanRock in the 1990s “Beautiful Scars,” addressed coming to terms with learning of his Mohawk heritage in his late 40s (Cover photo via Twitter/@TomWilsonArt.) Subscribe to INsauga – Ontario Headline News’ daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 gift card to Toronto Eaton Centre OR Sherway Gardens Get news delivered straight to your inbox.