Monday, November 26, 2012
Before entering your credit card number online, take these steps to avoid becoming the victim of cyber crime.
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Monday, November 26, 2012
Just when you've had time to recover from Black Friday, it's Cyber Monday -- a day for shopping from the comfort of your home on Duluth. While avoiding crowds and getting great bargains is enjoyable, Cyber Monday can be full of hazards for those shoppers who fail to take the proper precautions. The Federal Bureau of Investigation offers several tips to make your Cyber Monday shopping experience safe and enjoyable: If you do end up as the victim of an online scam, you can file a complaint on the Internet Crime Complaint Center website. Click here for more Cyber Monday tips, including where you can find the best deals.
Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for Gwinnett County Public Schools and $500 to pay your electric bills!
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Monday, November 26, 2012
We’re launching our annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in town jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s. If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home to our contest page here on Lawrenceville Patch from Nov. 26 to Dec. 16. Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school district. Our contest is right around the corner, so…
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Are you gearing up to let your fingers do the walking on Cyber Monday?
Lawrenceville residents who didn’t want to brave the crowds on Black Friday or Small Business Saturday still have one more big chance to save courtesy of Cyber Monday. Similar to the two other major shopping events, Cyber Monday differs in that consumers don’t have to leave the comfort of their own homes (or offices) to take advantage of some pretty big pre-holiday deals. All the bargains laid out for Cyber Monday are for online shoppers only. So how can you find the best deals online this Cyber Monday? While most major retailers that have an online presence aren’t tipping their hats on their online deals just yet, many have splash pages set up that they're inviting shoppers to bookmark in advance of the Nov. 26 shopping holiday. Here are …
How much is too much to spend on children and teens? We want to hear your thoughts, Lawrenceville!
As the holiday shopping season goes into full swing, some people are maxing out their credit cards to pay for presents and others are setting budgets and sticking with them. Scour just about any Facebook stream or stop in a local coffee shop and chances are you’ll hear parents debating the merits of setting spending limits. Or, you'll hear them lamenting about just how much they've already spent. The ideas for a perfect limit do seem to vary rather greatly. Some parents say $100 per child is more than enough. Others tend to lean toward much more generous figures. After all, there’s nothing like seeing a child’s eyes light up as they unwrap gift after gift. And that’s what we want to hear from you about, Lawrenceville! Do you set spending …
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Find out what’s in before you head out to take advantage of savings.
Making sure to put just the right presents under the tree for kids can be a trick even for Santa. If you’re hoping to find out what’s hot before you head out to the mall, we’ve put together a few suggestions. Retailers themselves are generally the best judges of what’s in. Here are what some of the biggest toy retailers in the Lawrenceville area and beyond are saying: Toys ‘R’ Us This retailer has a Top 15 list of toys for boys and girls. Some of its suggestions include: To see the full list, visit Toys ‘R’ Us online. Target This store agrees with Toys ‘R’ Us on a few counts, but has its own suggestions, as well. They include: To see the full list of suggestions, visit Target online. Walmart This retailer has an extensive list of hot toys …
Just what is Small Business Saturday and why should you support it in Lawrenceville?
Big name national retailers take the spotlight on Black Friday as their deep price cuts pull in shoppers in droves. What about those mom-and-pop businesses all over Lawrenceville and beyond that are the backbone of America’s economy? Just when do they get their day? That’s basically the question that was asked back in 2010 when the concept of Small Business Saturday was born. Small Business Saturday is “a day to celebrate and support small businesses and all they do for their communities,” the U.S. Small Business Administration explains on its website. American Express gets the credit for founding the shopping holiday, which got its official start on Nov. 27, 2010, according to the Small Business Saturday Facebook page. Celebrating its …
Thursday, November 22, 2012
The Gwinnett County Holiday Task Force will be keeping a watchful eye at local malls and shopping center from Black Friday through New Year's Eve.
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
While you're out hunting for bargains, criminals may be hunting for their next victim. Because of this, the Gwinnett County Police is launching their annual Holiday Task Force. Additional officers at malls and shopping plazas throughout Gwinnett County starting Thanksgiving evening. The Task Force will be out on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through New Year's Eve. GCPD hopes the greater presence will prevent crime against holiday shoppers. These crimes include robberies, entering autos, financial fraud and DUIs. GCPD is offering these tips to help keep you safe while you shop and celebrate the season:
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
After eating your turkey, join the fun and festivities as the tree is lit on the grounds of the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse in Downtown Lawrenceville.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Don't let Thanksgiving break drive you crazy. Take these simple survival tips to get through the next 7 days.
So the kids are out of school all this week. A home that was once quiet right around 10:00am is now filled with laughter, crying, fighting and repetitive questions like, “What are we going to do today?” and “Can I go over to Mark’s house?” In order to maintain some form of sanity this week here are a few things that you should do to survive Thanksgiving break. Have A Plan Let’s be real, no one wants to stay home for an entire week. Take yourself for example, more than likely you do something enjoyable every other day and those things are probably outside of your home. So, realistically your children want the same thing too. There should only be a couple days out of this week where they spend the entire day at home. The catch to this is …
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Gwinnett County and Emergency Services is reminding citizens to be safe. Link to Gwinnett firefighters demonstrating the wrong way to fry a turkey.
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Sunday, November 18, 2012
As family and friends make preparations for the busy Thanksgiving holiday, firefighters are reminding all chefs and would-be chefs to be safe when cooking. Unsafe cooking practices are the leading cause of residential fires, officials said. Here are some tips offered by Fire and Emergency Services and the National Fire Protection Association: VERY IMPORTANT: If you plan to deep-fry your holiday turkey, chicken, duck, or anything else, remember to follow proper fire safety precautions. read all instructions for your fryer and completely thaw your meat before frying it. Click here to watch a video of a demonstration (by Gwinnett firefighters) of what can happen if you don't follow all instructions.
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