Gas prices fall for ninth straight week, see longest drop in over a year ahead of Thanksgiving

BALTIMORE, MD—For the ninth consecutive week, the nation’s average price of gasoline has declined, falling 6.2 cents from a week ago to $3.27 per gallon this week according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 12 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. While gas prices still haven’t hit the lows they reached in 2020, […]

2023’s best places to shop on Black Friday, WalletHub study

BALTIMORE, MD—With last year’s Black Friday sales drawing 122.7 million Americans to shop in person and 130.2 million to shop online, the personal-finance website WalletHub this week released its report on 2023’s Best Places to Shop on Black Friday to help consumers maximize their savings. Best Black Friday Retailers (Avg. Discount) 1. JCPenney (59.12%) 6. BJ’s (30.11%) 2. Macy’s (58.19%) 7. […]

Councilman Marks: DICK’S Warehouse Sale coming to Perring Plaza

PARKVILLE, MD—A new store will soon be coming to Perring Plaza. Councilman David Marks on Friday announced that Dick’s Warehouse Sale will be opening in the former Burlington Coat Factory location. Dick’s Warehouse Sale is an outlet/warehouse version of the popular Dick’s Sporting Goods chain that offers merchandise at clearance prices. Dick’s will join the Giant supermarket that is opening […]

Rite Aid to close Perry Hall Square location

NOTTINGHAM, MD—Rite Aid has announced that its store located in the Perry Hall Square shopping center will close its doors next week. According to the official media release: “Rite Aid regularly assesses its retail footprint to ensure we are operating efficiently while meeting the needs of our customers, communities, associates and overall business. In connection with the court-supervised process, we […]

Officials to hold community input meeting to discuss revitalization of Rosedale Plaza

ROSEDALE, MD—A community input meeting will be held later this month to discuss the future of the Rosedale Plaza shopping center. The event will be held 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. on November 30 at Mount Pleasant Church. Attendees will include representatives from the State of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Baltimore City. Mount Pleasant Church & Ministries is located at 6000 […]

Baltimore County Council overrides Olszewski’s veto, amends plastic bag ban

TOWSON, MD—The Baltimore County Council on Monday evening unanimously overrode County Executive Johnny Olszewski’s veto regarding amendments to the so-called Bring Your Own Bag Act. Liquor stores will now be exempt from the new law. On October 25, Olszewski vetoed measures passed by the County Council that would ease the plastic bag ban. As of November 1, businesses subject to […]

Gas prices fall for seventh straight week, 8 states below $3.00

BALTIMORE, MD—For the seventh straight week, the nation’s average price of gasoline has dropped, falling 7.0 cents from a week ago to $3.38 per gallon this week according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 12 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. The national average is down 32.8 cents from a month ago and […]