Well, I think at this point we can call the Christmas holiday over – bad news for the local economy is flying left and right. Troyer Farms recently sold to Bickel’s Snack Foods (Hanover Foods) and promised the sale would not result in layoffs. Someone had their fingers crossed behind their back because yesterday the [...]

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Christmas shopping season opened yesterday. With nearly every imaginable retail chain store, upper Peach Street is a shopping mecca. The area was busy from 4:30 am onward. With no sales tax on clothing, people from hundreds of miles around come to shop. Buses and cars with license plates from Ontario, New York and Ohio at [...]

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