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Parking fairies give free meter and parkade time tomorrow (Victoria Times Colonist)
The Downtown Victoria Business Association will give motorists some added incentive to park downtown on Saturdays during January and February. Business & Finance (Times of Malta)
UK credit squeeze set to intensify in 2009 - Christina Fincher and Fiona Shaikh, Reuters The credit squeeze for British families and businesses looks set to intensify into 2009 despite unprecedented measures to recapitalise the banking... Reader views (0) (Evening Standard)
In theory, there were four working days between Christmas Eve and now, but if half the people I know are typical, it's only today that the holidays actually end. Psychotronic Film Society Homeless Again (DCist)
It seems like just a few weeks ago we were heralding the Washington Psychotronic Film Society 's return to the District. Wait, that actually was just a few weeks ago . After a scant six week run at The Meeting Place downtown, it seems that the film society has been given the boot by the bar. WPFS posted an understandably miffed missive online regarding their ouster: The people at ... Job fair for proposed Shelby call center draws hundreds (updated 4:43 p.m. with story, photo, map) (The Shelby Star)
Where are local layoffs and closings?The North Carolina Employment Security Commission has a rough list of layoffs and closings from across the state. The Star has taken that list, filtered it for Cleveland, Rutherford and Gaston Counties and turned it In & Around Town (Mt. Olive Chronicle)
SATURDAY, Oct. 4 The second ‘Shop ‘n' Rock' will be hosted from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Budd Lake Firehouse, Route 46. The event is sponsored by the Mount Olive Kiwanis and Mount Olive Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 122. The family event will include food, activities, music, a kid's play zone and vendors. Vendors and sponsors are sought and should visit www.mtolivekiwanis.org, call Lisa Kennedy at ... Experts say use those gift cards fast (Bowling Green Daily News)
In the midst of a credit crunch, there's one card experts say consumers should use as soon as possible. Business : Business Scene 12/31/08 (Plumas County News)
FORCINO EARNS LICENSE Keri Forcino of the Flanigan Leavitt Insurance Agency's Quincy office has passed the California Property and Casualty Agent examination. "Preparing for and passing the state exam demonstrates Keri's commitment to her career, our agency and our industry. Collaborative scales back plans (Boston Globe)
CHELSEA Chelsea Collaborative officials are suspending their capital campaign to purchase a new space because of the tough economy, said executive director Gladys Vega. The collaborative is scheduled to lose its home at 300 Broadway when the 10-year lease ends in November because the landlord wants to use the space for an office. With $350,000 in savings, organization officials were ... Between the Bookends: Libraries offer help during tough times (Island Packet)
Why do we need libraries? There are many reasons.
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