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Major Mall-Based Chain To Close 543 Stores After Filing For Bankruptcy Major Mall-Based Chain To Close 543 Stores After Filing For Bankruptcy
Major Mall-Based Chain To Close 543 Stores After Filing For Bankruptcy A major retailer primarily located in malls and headquartered in Pennsylvania is set to close all 543 of its stores following its third Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Closures for all rue21 locations are expected to be completed within the next two months with going-out-of-business sales coming soon. The company, headquartered in Pennsylvania outside Pittsburgh, had first filed for bankruptcy in 2003, and then for a second time in 2017, when it closed around 400 stores. Founded in 1970, rue21 specializes in women's & men's casual apparel and accessories. rue21 has locations in …

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Missing, Endangered Man Last Seen In Car With Maryland Plates Found Safe: PSP Missing, Endangered Man Last Seen In Car With Maryland Plates Found Safe: PSP
Missing, Endangered Man Last Seen In Car With Maryland Plates Found Safe: PSP UPDATE: Gerald Maguire, 75, of Hershey was found safe in the afternoon on Thursday, September, 1, according to an updated release by Pennsylvania state police. ORIGINAL: A 75-year-old Hershey, Pennsylvania man has been missing since Wednesday, August 31, according to state police.  Gerald Maguire was last seen in the area of Chocolate Avenue in Derry Township around 7 a.m., according to the police. He is possibly driving on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in a GMC  Terrain with the Maryland license plate "59896HT," as stated in the release. Maguire is a 6 foot tall White man with si…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Black Women Wrongfully Accused Of Shoplifting In Hershey Were Detained For Hours: Report Black Women Wrongfully Accused Of Shoplifting In Hershey Were Detained For Hours: Report
Black Women Wrongfully Accused Of Shoplifting In Hershey Were Detained For Hours: Report A pair of sisters and their cousin have filed a civil suit saying they were racially profiled and wrongly accused of stealing while shopping at an outlet mall in Hershey, then held for hours by police, PennLive reports. Sisters Quashae and Quanae Brown, and their cousin Trinity Reid, had just left The Gap and Old Navy at the mall in when a pair of Derry Township officers stopped them and accused them of stealing a $6 onesie on Dec. 22, 2020, the outlet says.  Police found no stolen items but held the women — who were never charged — for hours, according to PennLive. The sisters f…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lifestyle
Sweet Drink? Chocolate Wine Grows In Popularity In PA, MD Sweet Drink? Chocolate Wine Grows In Popularity In PA, MD
Sweet Drink? Chocolate Wine Grows In Popularity In PA, MD A sweet and acidic drink trend has been sweeping the mid-Atlantic for more than a decade, according to a report by PennLive. Several chocolate wines are being made at Port of Leonardtown Winery in southern Maryland, which was awarded the state’s Governor’s Cup for its Chambourcin Reserve in Sept, the outlet reports. Winemaker Lauren Zimmerman describes her wine as if you are “biting into a chocolate covered cherry. It is a sweet delicious treat, meant to [satisfy] sweet cravings after dinner. Although sweet, it amazes me how many of our dry wine customers leave with a bottle, or two. They …

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by Jillian Pikora