Swampscott businesses trying to survive COVID era
Linda Werbner
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“I’m hanging on by a shoestring,” said Lisa Boemer, owner of The Hiccup, Inc., a quirky Swampscott gift shop when asked how her fledgling business is faring nearly a year into the pandemic. “It’s day by day.”
To add to her worries, Boemer recently learned that she does not qualify either for the small business loans or small business grants being administered through the Swampscott Community and Economic Development Department because she opened her shop on Feb. 29, two weeks after the Feb. 15 cut-off date.
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Police in Kalamazoo Township stopped the theft, but are still looking for a group of individuals who they say stole mail from mailboxes on Humphrey Street.
The Township of Kalamazoo Police Department says officers observed that group of individuals acting suspiciously in the 1800 block of Humphrey Street around 9:00 a.m. Thursday. When officers approached the area to investigate the subjects fled.
Officers found discarded backpacks containing mail for approximately 28 homes in and around the township.
TKPD officers are working to return the mail and identify all the suspects involved in the thefts.
Mail stolen from about 28 homes in Kalamazoo Charter Township
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and last updated 2021-01-21 12:00:32-05
KALAMAZOO CHARTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. â The Township of Kalamazoo Police Department is working to return stolen mail to about 28 homes.
Officers saw a group of individuals acting suspiciously Thursday morning in the 1800 block of Humphrey Street, and they fled when officers approached, a news release said.
Police found discarded backpacks containing the stole mail.
The affected homes are located in and around Kalamazoo Charter Township.
Officers are working on identifying all of the individuals involved in the thefts.
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