Dickens characters arrive downtown (Daily and Sunday Jeffersonian)
A large number of volunteers turned out Sunday morning to help with the placement of the Dickens Victorian Village characters in downtown Cambridge. More than 100 figures were placed along Wheeling Avenue. Each is part of an era street scene under a lamp post....more...Toddler is 'critical' after crash (BBC News)
A two-year-old boy suffers serious head and internal chest injuries as his mother's car crashes into a lamppost in Doncaster....more... Macy's Thanksgiving parade balloons may fly lower (Chicago Tribune)
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons, which include giant likenesses of Snoopy, Super Grover and Garfield, may fly lower over the streets of New York this year to reduce the chance of wind-related accidents. ...more... The Etiquette of Regifting (US News & World Report)
Everyone loves opening a perfectly wrapped package with a shiny bow. But sometimes once you open that gift, it's not exactly what you expected ? or even something you want. And after you feign excitement for the obligatory amount of time, what do you do with it? Well, if you're like most Americans, you regift or pass the less-than-stellar present on to someone else who might enjoy it more. A ...more... Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Balloons May Fly Lower in High Wind (Bloomberg.com)
Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade character balloons, which include giant likenesses of Snoopy, Super Grover and Garfield, may fly lower over the streets of New York this year because forecasters predict it will be windy....more... The Commerce File (Ukiah Daily Journal)
According to the state Employment Development Department, the Mendocino County October 2006 unemployment rate was 4.0 percent, down from a September rate of 4.3 percent and well below the October 2005 rate of 4.8 percent....more... ?Parade of Lights? shaping up nicely (Fort Frances Times)
The local Business Improvement Association will be holding the 49th-annual ?Parade of Lights? this Saturday (Nov. 25) and this year?s holiday event is shaping up to be one of the best of late....more... They don?t know much about cheap (Albany Democrat-Herald)
I got a ?shelter? magazine in the mail a couple of months ago, and one story featured ?expensive? rooms on the left-hand page and nearly identical ?inexpensive? versions on the right....more... For the Record (The Oxford Press)
An East Church Street resident reported someone poured milk on a TV and computer between Nov. 1-2. A North Tallawanda Road resident reported someone stole his computer between Nov. 9-11....more... |