Toy News Is eBay a boon or a blow to the toy industry?Toy NewsOnline shopping giant eBay changed the way second-hand goods are sold. It offers retailers prosperous marketplaces, but also allows 'scalpers' to sell rare products with low RRPs for hundreds of pounds. And are unofficial toys altering the market for good?Suppliers embark on…
Journal Times editorial: State's food stamp bill is ill-directed – The Journal …Journal TimesHowever, that picture does not depict reality for everyone who receives food stamps. Outside the staged federal photo shoot, many people use their federal food benefits regularly for items such as soda, chips, frozen pizza and other not-so-nutritious … More: continued here
Sykesville candidates weigh in on post officeCarroll County TimesThe future of the post office has also been among many discussions in the Town Council over the last year, with the resolution for the next year to rent out the tower to the building more frequently in order to make the post office more budget neutral.and…
The post office in Westminster has been named in honor of a local Army officer killed in Iraq. More: continued here
WESTMINSTER – Whether or not they knew him personally, those who spoke Thursday about 1st Lt. Ryan Patrick Jones, who died at age 23 in Iraq six years ago, said he excelled in all he did and was an outstanding role model for the nation's children. More: continued here
Spc. Theodore Matthew Glende Honored Posthumously More: continued here
The party’s on for eBay’s new Utah digs by Vince Horiuchi The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 2, 2013 10:05PM MDT Online auction house eBay has officially moved into its new data center in Draper and will host a grand opening Friday to celebrate its new 240,000-square-foot facility. The two-building campus, which includes a separate…
New York Daily News Sad change of address for Washington Heights post . . .New York Daily NewsA sprawling post office in Washington Heights will be shuttered early next month — and a new station two blocks away that's being built to take its place will not be much larger than, well, a postage stamp….
Safety Concerns Shut Down Post OfficeWSIL TVOfficials say vermin waste was causing ceiling tiles to collapse into the post office. There were also cracks in the walls and bricks were falling off the building. Postal employees evacuated and eventually pulled all the mailboxes out of the building … More: continued here
Should pets receive Food Stamps? – WCPO.comWCPOShonda Thompson said, "I believe Food Stamps should be used for the children and the family at home, not for pets or cats or dogs or birds." But if you are among the 40 million families who can't afford food for your table, you can't afford decent dog ……