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Monthly Archives: April 2011
What size am I, and other traumas of swimsuit shopping
I read an interesting New York Times article on women’s clothing sizes. It shows the age-old problem when shopping for women’s clothes: There isn’t a consistent size. A size 10 in one store could be a size 14 in another. … Continue reading
Posted in Cathy Hirko, Consumer issues, Retail, Your money
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Monopolized, cable-wanting city dwellers jump on XFINITY bandwagon
The lady and I finally gave in the other day: we got cable. For a while we’d been living on the likes of Hulu, RedBox, Netflix and whatever we could find on TV. It wasn’t so bad, but it was … Continue reading
Posted in City of York, Comcast, Will Hanlon
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Analyst: Gas prices could see wild swings
On Sunday, I talked with some motorists at a gas station in Jefferson to find out what they think about rising gas prices for a story for Monday’s paper. Needless to say, they aren’t happy. The average price for a … Continue reading
Posted in Gas Prices
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What good timing, the York Revolution and Twitter have in common
Let me tell you a quick story about how great timing led me to accomplish one of my life goals. I was sitting at home last September, bored out of my mind, when I figured I’d walk down to Sovereign … Continue reading
Posted in City of York, Sports Biz, Will Hanlon
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Report: Local McDonald’s order service closes
On Tuesday, I covered McDonald’s national hiring day, during which the company planned to recruit 50,000 new employees. The event got me thinking back to a story I did a couple years ago about the McDonald’s at the York Crossing … Continue reading
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A business reporter’s quest to learn about ripped-up jeans
I’ve never understood the whole fad surrounding ripped, bleached, destroyed jeans. If my underwear were torn and stained, that would be creepy – not cool. No one wants shredded shirts, sliced-up scarves, or other mutilated apparel. My mom used to … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer issues, Lauren Boyer, Shopping
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Post reporter scouts Made in America tours
Nancy Trejos, a lifestyle reporter for the Washington Post, recently visited York in advance of its annual “Made in America” factory tours, in which local companies open their doors to showcase how they make what they make. Trejos, in putting … Continue reading
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How do you pronounce the word “coupon?”
A college friend and I were discussing an extreme couponing trip we plan to take this weekend before heading up to Penn State. For those of you who aren’t familiar, extreme couponing, popularized by the TLC show, involves working the … Continue reading
Posted in Coupons, Lauren Boyer, Your money
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Where should the York Post Office move?
The York Post Office is planning to move. Its current building, 200 S. George St., is too big, Postmaster Mike Becker said Monday. The post office is looking for something smaller that will help it cut down on costs. Still, … Continue reading
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Man stuck to toilet seat in Maryland Wal-Mart. Meanwhile, the store chain hires in Newberry Township.
So, Wal-mart is hiring in Newberry Township. More than 800 people have applied to work at the new York County store. If you’re one of the privileged 300 chosen to don the blue vest, you should say your prayers that … Continue reading
Posted in Lauren Boyer, Retail, Week in Biz
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