Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL) articles from December 2002

Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL) archives from December 2002

Montgomery, Ala., Airport Enacts Security Policies.
December 31, 2002... Byline: Todd Kleffman Dec. 31--Montgomery Regional Airport has its new screening system to detect explosives in place ahead of tomorrow's federal deadline. Five new ETDs -- Explosive Trace Detectors -- have been set up at the airport...

New Year's Eve Signals Busy Time for Montgomery, Ala., Businesses.
December 31, 2002... Dec. 31--By the stroke of midnight, some New Year's resolutions will have been made -- but not before the party. Champagne, black-eyed peas and chitterlings flew off the shelves of area grocery stores Monday. Add hundreds of meat and...

Montgomery, Ala., Charities Fall on Hard Times.
December 30, 2002... Byline: Brett Clanton Dec. 30--Talk about one-two punches. Montgomery AIDS Outreach Inc., a nonprofit that provides medical assistance to people living with HIV, has recently learned that one of its largest corporate donors would not be...

Montgomery, Ala., Landfill Plan Worries Residents.
December 29, 2002... Byline: Alvin Benn Dec. 29--A landfill that would accept nonhazardous solid waste from as far away as New York is being supported by Perry County's top politician, but opposed by a group of residents near the proposed site. Perry...

Montgomery, Ala., United Way Steps Up Campaign.
December 29, 2002... Byline: Ken L. Spear Dec. 29--MONTGOMERY, Ala.--Campaign leaders for the Montgomery Area United Way estimate potential donors, who gave $552,000 to the campaign last year, haven't committed this year. Reaching those contributors is...

Montgomery, Ala., Airport Parking Lots Overflow over Holidays.
December 27, 2002... Byline: Mike Sherman Dec. 27--Wylie Mathis of Daleville was not full of holiday cheer as he rummaged in the rear of his van for reading material Thursday. Thanks to a flight mixup, Mathis had just learned he would be forced to wait...

Shoppers Flock to Montgomery, Ala., Stores to Return Christmas Gifts.
December 27, 2002... Byline: Brett Clanton Dec. 27--Ann Eatman's 15-year-old son was less than pleased with the winter coat his mother bought him for Christmas. "He hated it, hated it," she said. So Eatman sent her daughter back to Burlington Coat...

Montgomery, Ala., Retailers See Mixed Results in Post-Christmas Shopping.
December 27, 2002... Byline: Todd Kleffman Dec. 27--After taking a day off for Christmas, shoppers and retailers were back in business Thursday. "It's not as busy as it was the last three or four days before Christmas, but we've been having good traffic....

Wastewater Loan to Improve Plant in Montgomery, Ala.
December 27, 2002... Byline: Nick Lackeos Dec. 27--City officials hope a $1.9 million low-interest sewer system loan will do more than just go down the drain. They say it will attract industry. "Sewage is gold," said Councilman Lewis Washington....

Old Favorites among Top Toys in Montgomery, Ala., Stores.
December 27, 2002... Byline: Neil Probst Dec. 27--Most toys aren't under the tree anymore, but the joy they brought to children remains. Each year, certain toys stand out as the most popular, and this year is no different. In Montgomery on Thursday,...

Business Brisk for Shops that Stayed Open on Christmas in Montgomery, Ala.
December 26, 2002... Byline: Neil Probst Dec. 26--What appeared to be a famine of holiday customers turned out to be a feast for businesses that stayed open on Christmas. Throughout the city Wednesday, most parking lots were deserts of open space. ...

Lack of College Football Game Hits Economy in Montgomery, Ala.
December 25, 2002... Byline: Brett Clanton Dec. 25--Sure, it's a loss for college football fans. But the bigger impact of not having a Blue-Gray All Star Football Classic this year may be on Montgomery businesses, which have come to depend on...

Montgomery, Ala.-Area Air Force Base May Avoid Closure.
December 24, 2002... Byline: Mike Sherman Dec. 24--State congressmen and an advocate are confident Maxwell-Gunter will survive the next round of cuts The unique role of Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base should keep it off a new round of base closings in...

Many Montgomery, Ala., Retailers Enjoy Season.
December 24, 2002... Byline: Mike Sherman Dec. 24--With shopping bags on the floor around them as they wait in line to visit Santa, Tommy Jones, center, keeps watch over 20-month-old Zac and four-year-old Mary as she and Jones' girlfriend watch the train go...

New Strip Mall Continues Business Boom in Millbrook, Ala.
December 23, 2002... Byline: Nick Lackeos Dec. 23--City sales tax receipts are up $400,000 from 1998 Millbrook Commons, a strip mall going up next to the new Food World, reflects the commercial boom that this 25-year-old city is enjoying, a city...