There’s One Main Way to Contract COVID-19 When Grocery Shopping, CDC Says

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Grocery shopping, while a necessity, has become one of the most anxiety-inducing activities in our daily pandemic-filled lives. From crowds that are sometimes impossible to avoid to concerns surrounding what we should and shouldn’t be touching, the potential for contracting the coronavirus seems overwhelming. However, we can all breathe a collective (masked) sigh of relief, because the CDC is has provided clear, instructive safety guidelines that we can follow to ensure we’re staying as safe as possible when we’re out shopping.

As the CDC is learning more about the nature of COVID-19 and the way it spreads amongst the population,

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Best sunrise light alarm clocks and sunrise clocks 2020

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The eve of November brings with it Halloween, the end of daylight savings time, the final days before the 2020 election, a steadily increasing rate of Covid cases and temperature drops around the country. Somewhat disparate and somewhat intertwined, this cacophony of circumstances can lead many people to darker places, both literally and emotionally. And while anyone might rationally feel down these days for any one of the reasons above — or a combination of them — winter alone has always had the power to affect anyone suffering from seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a serious depression that lasts longer than

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Blue Genie Art Bazaar Features Unique Items From Over 200 Vendors

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AUSTIN, TX—Grab your holiday shopping lists and make your way to the Blue Genie Art Bazaar and opportunities to find unique wares, handmade artwork and gifts from more than 200 local and regional artists – with a portion of proceeds going to Make-A-Wish® Foundation.

This year, Blue Genie Art Bazaar will offer online shopping, with the options to deliver or pick up, in addition to in-store shopping, a personal shopper experience, as well as a private shopping experience. The event will run daily from Friday, Nov. 13 through Sunday, Dec. 24 from 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. (10 a.m. –

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Nordstrom Black Friday Deals 2020 to Shop This November

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Black Friday is clearly starting early this year, and rather than being a post-Thanksgiving shopping event, it seems as though this year it’s going to be more like Black Friday month throughout the entire month of November. Because of the pandemic, Amazon postponed its annual Prime Day sale event to October, officially kicking off the holiday shopping season earlier, giving us all the opportunity to get ahead on our holiday shopping lists and save money ahead of time before the holiday shopping craze actually even begins. It’s expected that shipping times will be a bit

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Appleton Downtown’s Shop Local 920 challenge promotes shopping at small businesses for the holidays

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APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) – Many retailers depend on the holiday shopping season for some of their biggest earnings. This year, because of the pandemic, small shops are relying on holiday-time business more than ever.

Appleton Downtown Inc. created a Support Local 920 campaign to help.

“It puts a challenge and some fun on the aspect of supporting local this holiday season,” said Lynn Schemm, Marketing Director at Appleton Downtown.

Support Local 920 challenges people to pledge that they will choose nine small businesses from now through December and spend $20 at each. Both retail and dining locations are part of

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