US Retailers Scramble to Stock Shelves as Children Head Back to School
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK At Stationery and Toy World, a family-owned shop in New York’s Upper West Side, manager Gary Rowe is having difficulty getting all the pens and folders he ordered for the important back-to-school season.
His usual vendors have low stocks of Pilot’s erasable FriXion pens and Paper Mate Flair marker pens and prices are high on stationery and other in-demand school supplies.
And Rowe is not alone, retailers are navigating a storm of challenges higher production costs, cargo delays from China and other Asian countries, and sky-high shipping rates as they gear up for the industry’s second-biggest selling season.
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Sudbury s annual town election set for March 29
SUDBURY The annual town election is set for Monday, March 29, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Positions on the Select Board, Sudbury Public Schools School Committee, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional School Committee, Parks and Recreation Commission, Planning Board, Sudbury Housing Authority, Board of Health and Goodnow Library Board of Trustees are on the ballot, as is that of the town moderator.
Voting by mail will be available, with ballots mailed out during the beginning of March. The town encourages voters to take this route as a precautionary measure to limit the spread of COVID-19. Unlike absentee voting, no excuse is required to vote by mail.