Vermont Sets the Standard
Montpelier — General Mills’ announcement on Friday that it will start labeling products that contain genetically modified ingredients to comply with a Vermont law shows food companies might be giving up the fight against labels, even as they hold out hope Congress will find a national solution. Tiny Vermont is the first state to require such labeling, effective July 1. Its fellow New England states of Maine and Connecticut have passed...
N.H. Hepatitis C Trial Is Delayed
Concord — A federal judge on Friday postponed a trial to determine whether a medical staffing agency and an accreditation organization should help pay for settlements reached by Exeter Hospital over a traveling medical technician who infected patients with hepatitis C. The technician, David Kwiatkowski, is serving 39 years in prison for stealing painkillers and replacing them with saline-filled syringes tainted with his blood. Despite...
An Easier Pace On Black Friday
Hanover — In contrast to the packed parking lots in commercial strips and the long lines of people waiting to score deep discounts at big-box stores, the Black Friday atmosphere was much more subdued in places such as downtown Hanover. Unlike larger counterparts, most stores in Hanover didn’t open until 10 a.m. on Friday, and once they did, there was no mad rush for deals. Instead, slow-moving window shoppers made their way past on...
An Easier Pace On Black Friday
Hanover — In contrast to the packed parking lots in commercial strips and the long lines of people waiting to score deep discounts at big-box stores, the Black Friday atmosphere was much more subdued in places such as downtown Hanover. Unlike larger counterparts, most stores in Hanover didn’t open until 10 a.m. on Friday, and once they did, there was no mad rush for deals. Instead, slow-moving window shoppers made their way past on...
Day Doesn’t Draw Shopping Throngs
New York — The annual ritual of Black Friday, as we know it, is over. Gone are the throngs of frenzied shoppers camping out for days ahead of the big sales bonanza on the day after Thanksgiving. And forget the fisticuffs over flat-screen TVs. Instead, stores around the country had sparse parking lots, calm, orderly lines, and modest traffic. Black Friday, which traditionally is the biggest shopping day of the year, almost looked like...
