Electric cars are available for free test drives with admission to the Maryland Science Center now through July, according to the Baltimore Sun.
The cars don't go too fast and their charges don't last too long, the Sun reported. Top speed is 35 mph and the car travels 120 miles per charge.
Still, the program is a great way to draw attention to electric cars. The center will start a car-sharing program in August, according to the Sun.
Full-time workers in the York-Hanover metropolitan area made $19.12 an hour, on average, in October 2008, according to a survey released Monday morning by the U.S. Department of Labor's bureau of labor statistics.
According to the bureau, registered nurses made $29.21 an hour, general office clerks made $14.50 and fast food and counter workers made $8.23, all averages.
Visit the bureau's Web site to see how your profession fared.
The Camera Shop on Eastern Boulevard in Springettsbury Township is just about completely empty.
A couple of "closed" signs hang on the windows.
A sign on the door says: "Our apologies, but the store was bought out in its entirety just this morning (Friday). There will be no more business. Have a great summer."
No one answered the door or the phone Monday afternoon.
The store is one of more than 300 Ritz Camera Centers that closed recently as part of the retailer's court-supervised bankruptcy reorganization, according to a statement released last month through Business Wire.
Some stimulus package information to note:
The government is giving out tax credits for some high-efficiency wood and pellet stoves placed in service between Jan. 1, 2009, and Dec. 31, 2010, according to a Philadelphia-based heating, ventilating and air-conditioning product distributor.
The tax credits may provide for up to 30 percent of the cost of each stove, according to Peirce-Phelps, which has an office in York.
The units must operate at 75 percent efficiency, according to Peirce-Phelps, and must burn "either pellets, wood or biomass fuel to heat a home or provide hot water."
The brackets are out.
Now the fun begins.
Employees in offices all over the country this week are welcoming the great diversion that is the NCAA men's basketball tournament, more commonly known as March Madness.
In case you aren't familiar, here's how this thing works:
Everyone who's interested prints out a blank bracket. They then proceed to predict the winner of each game, all the way to the national championship.
Usually, there is one person within the office who coordinates the pool, meaning that person will collect the filled-out brackets and the entry fee, which is due before the games begin Thursday.
Coordinating the pool is an important task, because the coordinator is expected to send out regular updates on who is leading in the standings.
It's fun for everyone in the office and is sure to inspire some drama and intrigue as the April 6 national title game nears.
Is your office doing a pool this year? Let us know. Send an e-mail to reporter Kevin Horan at khoran@ydr.com or call him at 771-2029. Make sure to include your name, phone number and the name of your company.
Try not to get too stressed out about your tax refund this year.
You don't want to end up like Ricardo Chavez Cintron, who is now in Lackawanna County Prison after allegedly punching his wife and grabbing her by the throat during a fight over their tax refund check, according to the Associated Press.
According to the AP:
Cintron attacked his wife, Miriam Rivera, after she told her husband that she needed $800 of the refund to buy a car.
Cintron, who is charged with assault and harassment, told police he was supposed to keep $900 of the refund for himself, and his wife would not give him the money.
So, if you're feeling stressed out about your taxes, take a walk around the block, listen to some music or count to 10.
A Michigan woman recently put this heart-shaped Snyder's soy crisp up for sale on eBay.
The woman, Bonnie Swatek, says it could be a good Valentine's Day gift.
The starting bid? A mere $99.
So far, no one has placed a bid. Swatek says that if she doesn't get $99 for the chip, she's keeping it.
No question, the chip would make for a unique gift. But $99? That seems a little steep.
Chips seem to come in all kinds of funny shapes and sizes, as you can see from this "paranormal potato chip gallery."
Have you ever found a food that contained an image of a person, place or thing?
