Shoe More at Payless"I'm in Payless right now. You will go crazy here!" A wave of excitement and envy spread all over me after reading my friend's text message. Oh, she knows me all too well -- me and my fascination for shoes. When I heard about Payless Shoesource opening its first branch in Festival Supermall, I immediately relayed the news to my shoe-addict friends in the south. Lucky, lucky them that they live ...
Skate over to the Vans discount storeMy 13-year-old kid just loves all things Vans, especially Vans shoes, which apparently are legally required for all students at his middle school. At least that's his version of things. But I'm a single mom on a very tight budget, so cringed at the...
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Police log from the past weekThe Daily Tribune police report includes arrests, thefts, crashes, property damage, trespassing, disturbances, assaults and any unusual or otherwise newsworthy activity included in the Wisconsin Rapids Police Department and Wood County Sheriffs Department call logs. This report appears in the newspaper first, with a weekly roundup posted to the Daily Tribunes website on Saturdays.
Japanese man skates across America to say ‘thanks’Some people send a card or buy a gift. Others feel a hug or a handshake say it best. But Kenichi Yamashita, 62, from Tokyo, Japan, felt in-line skating from Los Angeles to Provincetown was the only way to properly say thank you to the United States for helping Japan rebuild after World War II.
Demand for suppliesFor many students, back to school means brand new supplies and for many parents, it means a lighter load in their wallet.
Shopping Guide: August 2010We're back with yet another installment of our monthly Shopping Guide column. August is done, and a bunch of new items have hit the market.
Gnarly moveTabor Coates opened his first Eastern Boarder shop in Fitchburg in 1989. Since that bootstrap startup, the former snowboard and skateboard competitor has grown the company into a five-store chain that is one of the biggest alternative sports retailers in New England while still retaining its underground, youth-oriented identity.
Female tagger creates ‘Never’ ending job in parksBRISTOL — As the Parks Department deals with the rise in graffiti — one artist, who goes by the tag of “Never” and is believed to be a female — has been responsible for half of the spray painting in Page and Rockwell parks in the past two months according to vandalism reports filed by Assistant Superintendent of Parks Jason Kreuger.
