‘Black Friday’ Starting Thanksgiving Day & Other Black Eyes

As I sat back and started to watch the New England Patriots dismantle the New York Jets at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, I felt a shudder inside me as I thought of all those people who already had been on line for eight, 12, 28 hours (and more) in order to grab the biggest bargains for “Pre-Black-Friday,” which started for some retailers (and, of course, their least senior employees and their families) at the same time as the kickoff of the final NFL Game on Thanksgiving Day — which I believe is the first time that Black Friday has started on Thanksgiving Thursday.Continue reading

‘Black Friday’ Starting Thanksgiving Day & Other Black Eyes

As I sat back and started to watch the New England Patriots dismantle the New York Jets at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, I felt a shudder inside me as I thought of all those people who already had been on line for eight, 12, 28 hours (and more) in order to grab the biggest bargains for “Pre-Black-Friday,” which started for some retailers (and, of course, their least senior employees and their families) at the same time as the kickoff of the final NFL Game on Thanksgiving Day — which I believe is the first time that Black Friday has started on Thanksgiving Thursday.Continue reading

New Tampa Nature Park Opens, Showcasing Area’s Natural Beauty

By Matt Wiley

Away from the orange construction signs and hazy, dust-filled air that frequently inhabits the Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. corridor during the still-ongoing widening of New Tampa’s main thoroughfare, our area is full of wetlands, woodlands and wildlife. For that reason, a new park has opened that attaches to the existing Flatwoods Wilderness Park to further showcase the area’s natural beauty.Continue reading