Stores beef up staff, stock (Birmingham News)
Retailers across metro Birmingham are beefing up weekend staff rolls and back-to-school inventories in hopes that shoppers will loosen a tight grip on their wallets during Alabama's three-day sales tax holiday that starts Friday....more...Back-to-school shoppers take advantage of tax-free holiday (The Lafayette Daily Advertiser)
Shoppers gladly pocketed 4 percent savings on the opening day of the state sales tax holiday on Friday....more... Cashier threatened with knife (Sentinel)
Knife-wielding robber Gareth Bourne has been jailed for three years and four months after threatening a cashier before making off with about £50 worth of booze. The 25-year-old struck at Corneville Stores, in Corneville Road, Bucknall, at 6.15pm ......more... Exeter/Hampton/Rockingham area community calendar (The Rockingham News)
KINGSTON DAYS ARE COMING and will be held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Aug. 1, 2, and 3, rain or shine. Volunteers are always needed to work with the Kingston Days Committee. If interested, call Carol at 642-8337. The annual Kingston Days will highlight... ...more... Wade Center gets sports grant (Bluefield Daily Telegraph)
BLUEFIELD ? The Wade Center has begun offering new sports programs, thanks to a grant from the Finish Line Youth Foundation. The $5,000 grant allowed for the purchase of equipment and the hiring of staff for Wade's Athletic Academy....more... China attempts ascent to tennis power (NBC Olympics)
Like the country, China's sporting world is an ever-changing entity, finding new successes each year. TENNIS.COM's Tom Perrotta looks at the recent impact tennis has had in China and whether it is catching on. ...more... Faces for our 80th anniversary (Europa Star)
The watch industry is, above all, a vast community of men and women who work, day-in day-out, at imagining, elaborating, producing, decorating, distributing and selling watches....more... Exeter/Hampton area community calendar (Hampton Union)
EXETER PARKS AND RECREATION is offering a journey to the Amish Country and Gettysburg from July 29 to Aug. 1. Prices are $569 triple occupancy; $608 double occupancy; and $769 single occupancy and includes coach transportation, hotel, six meals, dinner... ...more... Drug store clinics gaining popularity (Bucks County Courier Times)
Health clinics are appearing in area drug stores and retailers across the Philadelphia region. But are they a quick cure-...more... |