Grocery Store

"I go to the Rainbow Park down here in Halfway, with my very young little grandchildren. The past few times I have been down here there have been a lot of high school students having their little cookouts and stuff for their graduation. I am amazed about how good they are to these young children, helping them out, swinging them. It just goes to show that the younger people still have the smarts about them. " "I want to tell Dawn who works at the Williamsport Sheetz, "hang tough, baby, you are going to win. " "I live close to where a young lady disappeared about 20 years ago. I want to see this murder solved, too. " "In regards to Thursday's Mail Call regarding the person who has card fronts that they would like to give away.

The trend of swapping disposable grocery bags for reusable cloth and plastic-lined bags has become a popular choice. Reusable bags reduce waste but there are food safety concerns to consider.  Certain foods, such as raw produce, meat, poultry and fish might contain bacteria that cause foodborne illness. The fabric or materials in reusable grocery bags can become contaminated with germs like Salmonella or E. coli from foods or other items. These germs could then cross-contaminate other foods and nonfood items.

When you're married and have two teenagers, evenings out are few and far between. Oh, there are the times spent cheering in the bleachers at a game or the occasions where you quietly sit shoulder to shoulder at a recital, but time for just the two of you? It doesn't happen very often. When opportunity knocks, it is best to take advantage. Last week we planned to attend a Valentine's banquet at our church. I was looking forward to spending time relaxing and talking with other couples.

In her past few weeks shopping with coupons, Diane Linn of Greencastle, Pa., got 12 rolls of Bounty paper towels for free and "a ton" of Chinet plates for 50 cents a pack. She bought four boxes of Kellogg's cereals and a gallon of milk for $2.40, and scored seven Schick Hydro razors each with two cartridges for about $8. A friend of mine met Diane and learned about her passion for couponing while retaining her services as a physical therapist. Knowing I dabble in coupons and revel in saving a buck, she tipped me off. I promptly tracked Diane down to pick her brain.

“To the person who called in about the lazy people not returning grocery carts, and things like that: Honey, it's not because they're lazy. They just don't care. They have no respect for anybody. I mean, they go to the grocery store in their pajamas and their slippers, with their hair uncombed, and their bellies hanging out, and you know, they're not teaching their children - you know, it's just, it's not because they're lazy. They just don't care. I guess that is a type of lazy, but it's mind lazy, it's brain lazy.” - Hagerstown “I'm the man from Smithsburg.

The Herald-Mail interviewed four Washington County families that raise chickens for food and hobby.     David Gray Sr. and his son, David Gray Jr., keep three chickens on their quarter-acre lot in Boonsboro. Deb IntVeldt keeps nine chickens on her 1.25 acre lot on Beaver Creek Road. Susan Simonson and her family keep about 30 chickens on a 5-acre hobby farm on Beaver Creek Road. Bob and Kristin Garrett keep seven chickens on their 10-acre property near Fairplay.

A determination to marry combined with a promise made - and kept - to a pastor is the reason Corsi's Grocery has not been open on Sundays for more than 37 years. The small corner grocery store and sub shop at the intersection of West Washington Street and Madison Avenue in Hagerstown has been owned by the Corsi family for 60 years. The shop is now owned by Frank Corsi Jr. and his wife, Sandy. They met when she worked there years ago. "She was 16. She worked for me as a soda fountain girl.

Game is boon to grocery stores By KIMBERLY YAKOWSKI / Staff Writer Super Bowl Sunday is a holiday for area retailers. Managers from Weis, Martin's and County Market all said their chips, pretzels, nachos and soda were hot sales items Sunday afternoon as shoppers prepared for Super Bowl XXXV parties. County Market manager Ron Long said they "plan around the holiday," stocking up on snacks in anticipation of brisk sales. Many party-planners were buying seafood, vegetable and meat platters, said a manager at Martin's on Wesel Boulevard.

By KIMBERLY YAKOWSKI / Staff Writer photo: RIC DUGAN / staff photographer PINESBURG - The red and white sign outside the former Pinesburg Grocery Store proclaims to all that it is "The happy face place," and for more than 20 years it lived up to its billing. The unassuming one-story building on Md. 68 was a meeting place for local retirees to share coffee and conversation. The business also was a place for area tannery and quarry workers to stop for breakfast and lunch.