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Asphalt Driveway Overlay or Replacement in Southern New Hampshire Examined in HelloNation Featuring Asphalt Expert Robert Stewart

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The article explains how driveway cracks, drainage, age, and asphalt base condition guide repair decisions.

MANCHESTER, N.H., May 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — How can homeowners determine whether their asphalt driveway needs an overlay or a full replacement? HelloNation has published the answer in an article that outlines how surface damage, structural integrity, and local conditions influence the right choice in southern New Hampshire.

The HelloNation article explains that deciding between an asphalt overlay and replacement requires a careful look at more than surface appearance. An asphalt driveway can look stable on top while the asphalt base underneath is weakening. Understanding how asphalt ages and responds to climate and vehicle traffic helps homeowners avoid short-term fixes that may not last.

According to the article, an asphalt overlay is often appropriate when wear is limited to the surface layer. Minor driveway cracks, light rutting, and fading can usually be corrected by applying a new layer of asphalt. This form of asphalt resurfacing restores a smooth appearance and can extend the driveway’s service life. In southern New Hampshire, overlays can be effective when the existing asphalt base remains solid and properly supported.

The article makes clear that overlays are not suitable for every situation. Widespread driveway cracks, sinking sections, potholes, and ongoing drainage problems typically signal deeper structural issues. Installing an asphalt overlay over a compromised asphalt base may temporarily improve appearance, but it will not correct underlying weaknesses. Over time, those problems can resurface and lead to further damage.

Drainage is identified as a major factor in evaluating whether replacement is necessary. The article explains that water pooling along edges or in low spots can erode the asphalt base. In southern New Hampshire, freeze and thaw cycles intensify this damage as trapped water expands and contracts. If grading or slope problems are present, a full replacement may be required to restore proper water flow and prevent continued deterioration.

Vehicle traffic also influences the decision. Driveways that regularly support heavy trucks, delivery vehicles, or recreational vehicles experience more stress than those used only by passenger cars. Repeated heavy loads can compress and weaken the foundation. When the asphalt base has been compromised by weight and traffic, replacement is often the more durable solution.

Age plays an important role as well. The article notes that most asphalt driveway installations in southern New Hampshire last between 15 and 25 years, depending on installation quality and driveway maintenance. A newer driveway with limited surface wear may benefit from an overlay. An older driveway near the end of its lifespan, especially one with structural issues, is more likely to require replacement.

Preparation standards are emphasized for both approaches. For an asphalt overlay to perform properly, the existing surface must be cleaned, leveled, and repaired before the new layer is installed. For replacement, the old asphalt is removed, the ground is excavated as needed, and the base is compacted carefully to create a stable foundation. Proper installation methods directly affect long-term performance.

The HelloNation article also highlights the value of consistent driveway maintenance. Regular sealing, timely repair of driveway cracks, and proper snow removal help protect the asphalt driveway from premature damage. Addressing small concerns early can reduce the need for more extensive repairs and extend overall lifespan.

Overall, the article advises homeowners to evaluate surface condition, asphalt base stability, drainage patterns, vehicle use, and age when choosing between an asphalt overlay and replacement. By assessing these factors carefully, property owners in southern New Hampshire can select a solution that supports durability and long-term value.

Overlay or Full Replacement: How to Tell What Your Asphalt Driveway Needs in Southern New Hampshire features insights from Robert Stewart, Asphalt Expert of Manchester, NH, in HelloNation.

About HelloNation
HelloNation is America’s Good News Network, a premier media platform built on the idea that good news travels faster when real people tell real stories. Through its community-focused digital publications and innovative “edvertising” approach, HelloNation delivers expert-driven, good-news content that informs, inspires, and spotlights the leaders making a meaningful impact in their communities. HelloNation maintains partnerships with the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and the United States First Responders Association.

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FDIC Appoints Sunwest Bank as Nano Banc’s Acquiring Institution

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IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sunwest Bank has acquired Nano Banc of Irvine, California in an FDIC-assisted acquisition. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) accepted receivership of Nano Banc from the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI), which closed Nano Banc on Friday, September 25th. The FDIC subsequently entered into an agreement with Sunwest Bank, under which Sunwest agreed to acquire substantially all the deposits and a portion of assets of Nano Banc. The assumed deposits total approximately $605 million and assumed loans total $227 million.

Nano Banc customers will have immediate access to their deposits. Over the weekend, they can access their deposits by writing checks, using ATMs or through their debit cards. Checks drawn on Nano Banc will continue to be processed. All loan customers should continue to make their payments as usual. The former Nano Banc will reopen as Sunwest Bank on Monday, September 28th.

“We are honored to once again to be selected by the FDIC as the acquiring institution of an FDIC-assisted acquisition, marking the sixth time Sunwest Bank has completed such a transaction,” said Carson Lappetito, President and CEO of Sunwest Bank. “This opportunity reflects the financial strength, disciplined management, and stability that have defined Sunwest Bank for more than five decades. We are excited to welcome Nano Banc’s customers to Sunwest and show them the high-touch service, advanced technology and sophistication we offer to our clients.”

Customers with questions should contact the FDIC toll-free at 1-866-314-1744 or visit the FDIC Website at FDIC.GOV. This phone number will be operational this evening until 8:00 p.m., Pacific Time (PT); on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., PT; Sunday from noon to 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., PT; Monday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., PT, and thereafter, weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., PT. 

About Sunwest Bank

Founded in 1969, Sunwest Bank is a privately held commercial bank with over $5.0 billion in assets. With a growing presence throughout the United States, Sunwest is headquartered in Sandy, Utah, with offices across California, Arizona, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, and Florida. The bank partners with businesses,

individuals, and entrepreneurs nationwide to deliver leading banking services including technology forward treasury management, commercial and real estate lending products, and corporate financial solutions.

With a strong capital position and a commitment to innovation, Sunwest Bank continues to challenge traditional banking models through forward-thinking initiatives designed to support its clients’ growth and long-term success. Sunwest Bank operates with a Fortress Balance Sheet, long-term outlook, and has an impeccable track record of supporting their clients through all economic cycles.

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FOTILE Showcases Next-Generation Kitchen Innovations at IDS Vancouver 2026

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FreshBake™ Range and JQG7515 Range Hood highlight FOTILE’s approach to cleaner, smarter and more user-centered cooking

  VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 25, 2026 /CNW/ — FOTILE is showcasing its latest kitchen appliance innovations at IDS Vancouver 2026, highlighting how new technologies can address real challenges in today’s kitchens while creating cleaner, smarter and more intuitive cooking experiences.

Now on display at Booth 906 at the Vancouver Convention Centre West, FOTILE’s IDS showcase is led by two of its latest innovations: the FreshBake™ Electric Range and the JQG7515 next-generation inclined range hood.

The FreshBake™ Range addresses an often-overlooked aspect of everyday cooking: indoor air quality. Cooking can generate smoke, odors, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and fine particulate matter. FOTILE’s FreshBake™ Technology integrates advanced PCF filtration and multi-stage purification into the appliance to help reduce cooking pollutants at the source and minimize lingering odors.

By bringing air purification closer to where cooking pollutants are generated, FreshBake introduces a new perspective on range design — expanding the role of a cooking appliance beyond food preparation to consider the overall kitchen environment and everyday well-being.

Also featured at IDS is the JQG7515, the latest evolution of FOTILE’s signature inclined range hood platform. Combining powerful smoke and grease capture with intelligent controls, the JQG7515 demonstrates how kitchen ventilation is becoming increasingly connected to the broader cooking experience.

Features including gesture control, app connectivity and appliance synchronization allow users to interact with ventilation more naturally, while helping transform the range hood from a standalone appliance into an integrated part of the smart kitchen.

Together, FreshBake and JQG7515 reflect FOTILE’s approach to innovation: identifying practical challenges in everyday cooking and applying engineering, intelligent technology and human-centered design to create meaningful improvements for users.

Throughout IDS Vancouver 2026, attendees can experience FOTILE’s latest innovations through live cooking demonstrations and product displays featuring the FreshBake™ Electric Range, JQG7515 inclined range hood, ChefCubii countertop combi oven and other kitchen solutions. The showcase highlights how FOTILE combines cooking, ventilation and intelligent technology to create a cleaner, smarter and more intuitive kitchen experience.

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Sabre Corporation Announces Early Tender Results of Previously Announced Cash Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation by Sabre Financial Borrower, LLC

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SOUTHLAKE, Texas, Sept. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sabre Corporation (“Sabre”) (Nasdaq: SABR) today announced the early tender results of the previously announced cash tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) by Sabre Financial Borrower, LLC (“Sabre Financial”), its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, for any and all of Sabre Financial’s securities set forth in the table below (the “Securities”) and concurrent solicitation of consents (the “Consent Solicitation”) to certain proposed amendments to the Securities and the Indenture (as defined below). The Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on October 12, 2026 (unless extended or earlier terminated, the “Expiration Date”).

The Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation are being made pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the offer to purchase and consent solicitation statement, dated September 14, 2026 (the “Offer to Purchase”).

As of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 25, 2026 (such date and time, the “Early Tender Deadline” and “Withdrawal Deadline,” as applicable), according to information provided to D.F. King & Co., Inc., the tender and information agent for the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation, the aggregate principal amount of Securities listed in the table below has been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation. Withdrawal rights for the Securities expired at the Early Tender Deadline and, accordingly, any Securities that were validly tendered may no longer be withdrawn except where additional withdrawal rights are required by law.

Title of

Security

CUSIP / ISIN Number

Principal

Amount 

Outstanding

Principal Amount

Tendered at Early

Tender Deadline

Percentage of

Outstanding

Securities Tendered

Total

Consideration

(1)(2)

11.125% Senior

Secured Notes 

due 2029

78573X AA8

U86042 AA3

US78573XAA81

USU86042AA34

$1,000,000,000.00

$ 930,682,000.00

93.07 %

$        $1,092.50

 

(1)

Dollars per $1,000 principal amount of Securities validly tendered and accepted for purchase.

(2)

Includes Early Tender Premium (as defined below). Does not include accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities, which will also be payable as provided herein.

The Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation remain subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions described in the Offer to Purchase, including the financing for the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation. Such conditions may be waived by Sabre Financial in its sole discretion, subject to applicable law. Any waiver of a condition by Sabre Financial will not constitute a waiver of any other condition. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions and as described in the Offer to Purchase, Sabre Financial is expected to make payment on September 28, 2026 (such date and time, as it may be extended, the “Early Settlement Date”) for the Securities and related consents that (i) were validly tendered and delivered, as applicable, and not validly withdrawn or revoked, as applicable, at or prior to the Early Tender Deadline and (ii) are accepted for purchase on the Early Settlement Date.

The consideration to be paid for the Securities accepted for purchase on the Early Settlement Date per $1,000 principal amount of Securities is the amount set forth in the table above under the heading “Total Consideration.” The amounts set forth in the table above under “Total Consideration” include an early tender premium of $50 per $1,000 principal amount of Securities accepted for purchase (the “Early Tender Premium”). All Holders of Securities accepted for purchase will also receive accrued and unpaid interest from the most recent interest payment date preceding the Early Settlement Date to, but not including, the Early Settlement Date.

Any Holder who tenders Securities in the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation will be deemed to automatically have provided consents, and Securities may not be tendered without delivering consents. Based on the consents received as of the Early Tender Deadline, Sabre Financial has obtained the required consents to effect all of the proposed amendments (the “Proposed Amendments”) as described in the Offer to Purchase. Consequently, as previously announced, Sabre Financial expects to execute a supplemental indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture”) effecting the Proposed Amendments with respect to the indenture dated December 5, 2025 (the “Indenture”), entered into by and among Sabre Financial, the guarantors party thereto, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, under which the Securities were issued, and the Securities on or about the Early Settlement Date. The Supplemental Indenture will become effective upon (a) its execution and delivery by each of the parties thereto, and (b) the settlement of the Tender Offer with respect to accepted Securities tendered prior to the Early Tender Deadline on the Early Settlement Date.

In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, because more than 90% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities outstanding has been validly tendered in the Tender Offer, Sabre Financial intends, following its purchase of the tendered Securities, to deliver a notice of redemption to redeem all Securities that remain outstanding after giving effect to the purchase of the Securities on the Early Settlement Date. The redemption price for such Securities will be equal to the Total Consideration set forth in the table above, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date. The redemption date is expected to be October 13, 2026. Notwithstanding the foregoing, there can be no assurance that any Securities will be redeemed. Nothing herein shall constitute a notice of redemption with respect to the Securities.

Sabre Financial reserves the right, subject to applicable law, in its sole discretion, to waive any of the conditions of the Tender Offer or the Consent Solicitation, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time. It also reserves the right, subject to applicable law, in its sole discretion, (1) to terminate or withdraw the Tender Offer or the Consent Solicitation at any time; (2) to extend the Early Tender Deadline, the Withdrawal Deadline or the Expiration Date; or (3) otherwise to amend the Tender Offer or Consent Solicitation in any respect. It may extend the Early Tender Deadline without extending the Withdrawal Deadline.

Information Relating to the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation

The complete terms and conditions of the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation are set forth in the Offer to Purchase. BofA Securities is the Dealer Manager and Solicitation Agent for the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation. Investors with questions regarding the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation may contact BofA Securities, collect: (980) 388-3646, toll-free: (888) 292-0070, email: debt_advisory@bofa.com. D.F. King & Co., Inc. is the tender and information agent for the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation. Copies of the Offer to Purchase and any related offer documents may be obtained by contacting D.F. King & Co., Inc. by phone at (646) 455-1060 (New York) or (866) 356-7814 (toll-free) or by email at sabre@dfking.com. 

None of Sabre Financial, Sabre, their affiliates, their respective boards of directors and stockholders, the Dealer Manager and Solicitation Agent, the Tender Agent or Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee for the Securities, are making any recommendation as to whether Holders should tender any Securities or deliver any Consent in response to the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation. Holders must make their own decision as to whether to tender any of their Securities and deliver their Consents, and, if so, the principal amount of Securities to tender and Consents to deliver.

This press release is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or a solicitation of an offer to sell any of the Securities, and the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation do not constitute offers to buy or the solicitation of offers to sell Securities in any jurisdiction or in any circumstances in which such offers are unlawful. The full details of the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation, including complete instructions on how to tender Securities and deliver Consents, are included in the Offer to Purchase. Holders are strongly encouraged to read carefully the Offer to Purchase because it will contain important information.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements herein are forward-looking statements about trends, future events, uncertainties and our plans and expectations of what may happen in the future. Any statements that are not historical or current facts are forward-looking statements. In many cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “expect,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “trend,” “pro forma,” “on course,” “on track,” “target,” “potential,” “benefit,” “goal,” “believe,” “plan,” “confident,” “anticipate,” “indicate,” “trend,” “position,” “optimistic,” “will,” “forecast,” “continue,” “strategy,” “estimate,” “project,” “may,” “should,” “would,” “intend,” or the negative of these terms, where applicable, or other comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. More information about potential risks and uncertainties that could materially affect our business and results of operations is included in the “Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking Statements” sections in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, filed with the SEC on August 6, 2026, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the SEC on February 18, 2026 and in our other filings with the SEC, as well as other risks and uncertainties specified in the “Certain Significant Considerations” section of the Offer to Purchase. We cannot guarantee future events, including financing of the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation and successful completion of the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation, outlook, guidance, results, actions, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Unless required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events after the date they are made.

About Sabre

Powering the agentic revolution in travel. Sabre is an AI-native technology leader, backed by one of the world’s largest travel data clouds. With AI at its core and operating at unparalleled scale, Sabre transforms insights into innovation, empowering airlines, hoteliers, agencies and other partners to retail, distribute and fulfill travel worldwide. Sabre is built on an open, modular, cloud-native architecture and serves as the backbone for both established leaders and bold, new disruptors, guiding them to the next age of travel retailing through intelligent, connected, and personalized experiences.  

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