Alleged scams by four businesses leave Chelsea residents on edge Jan 1, 2009
Medrano Express, a package delivery company with services to Mexico and Central America, is the latest business facing charges and unhappy customers. The company has been ordered by Chelsea District Court to pay $1,370. (Boston Globe)
A good day at the flea market Mar 28, 2008
Friday 28 March, 2008. What's your dream vacation. (Marco Island Sun-Times, FL)
Priest collects wisdom from multiple magi Jan 10, 2008
His kings come from everywhere: North, South and Central America. Europe. (Springfield Sun, PA)
Craft Fair listing Oct 11, 2007
Unique items from elegant handcarved Russian Santas to musical instruments, children s toys, and woven goods from Central America, Africa, and Asia will be offered at the Third World Shop, with proceeds going to native artisans. Home crafted clothes and furnishings suitable for American Girl sized dolls. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Red Apple Antiques leaves Main Street Sep 22, 2007
They've shipped their furniture throughout the country and world to New York, Alaska, California, England, and a mahogany bed to Central America. They worked at many shows in the Chicago, Ill. (Watertown Daily Times, WI)
Stars donate to Darfur aid sale Sep 4, 2007
Felix slams into Central America. Jane Tomlinson loses cancer fight. (Yahoo News -- Philanthropy and Volunteerism)
List of products recalled by Mattel Sep 4, 2007
Felix slams into Central America. Eurostar sets Paris-London record. (Yahoo News -- Consumer News)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET Jul 31, 2007
Central America has ceased to exist in the eyes of most mass media and in the memories of most citizens of the United States. It wasn't always this way. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Italy - Surprising Turin Apr 5, 2007
Turin also claims to be the place where chocolate-making began under a royal decree in the 17th century - although the people in South and Central America were drinking chocolate centuries before this. But chocolate for eating was produced in Turin and much of it was exported to other European countries. (Suite101.com)
Bernadine Howard Fox Mar 3, 2007
She also loved to travel and visited Europe, Central America, Hawaii, and Mexico. She was an 80-year member of the Dallas Center United Methodist Church. (Dallas County News, IA)
Sweet tradition Jan 4, 2007
"It's the law of economics,'' Charley Steen said. The Steens still grow 3,000 acres of cane, but the market for refined sugar is more profitable than the one for syrup; the Steen cane goes to the refinery rather than into the syrup kettle. Instead, they buy cane juice by the tanker truck from nearby mills, or from as far away as Central America. The American market for cane sugar has been shrinking steadily since the 1950s because of competition from cheaper refined alternatives like beet sugar... (Anchorage Daily News)
