Pokémon collectors are proud to threaten people with violence

Pokémon collectors are proud to threaten people with violence

I was scrolling through a Pokémon collectors group on Facebook yesterday. It’s a private group dedicated to Pokémon collectors who live in Maryland. A thread caught my eye because it involves Hagerstown, the city in Maryland where I live. It begins with this: The person who posted this angry screed was hurt because the person …

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FYE engages in deceptive advertising to deceive consumers

Yesterday my wife and I visited the Valley Mall, the Hagerstown area’s premiere shopping center. While there I noticed FYE, a leading specialty retailer of entertainment and pop culture merchandise in the United States, was having a huge sale on all their clearance items. We swung through the store looking for some deals. It turned …

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Finally, Lids returns to the Valley Mall

Finally, Lids returns to the Valley Mall - Bent Corner

Lids is returning to the Valley Mall, the Hagerstown region’s premiere indoor shopping experience. It’s about time. The mall had a Lids store for as long as I can remember. It then suddenly shut down a few years ago, eventually getting replaced with a cellphone accessory store. That left only one Lids store in the …

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Stay away from Larry & Sons in Hagerstown, Maryland

Stay away from Larry & Sons in Hagerstown, Maryland - Bent Corner

If you live in the Hagerstown area of Maryland and need plumbing, heating, or air conditioning services, I highly recommend you avoid Larry & Sons. We paid Larry & Sons $1,839.00 to remove our existing water heater and replace it with a new one. Our existing water heater was bad. It was leaking water. The …

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Spread love not syphilis!

These billboards started appearing around Hagerstown, Spread Love Not Syphilis! I wasn’t aware there was a problem in Washington County with pregnant women having syphilis. Then again, I would have no reason to know about it if it was a problem. YouTube personality Tim Pool now lives here in Washington County. Maybe the phenomenon of …

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Maybe we should defund the police

Maybe we should defund the police

When I first heard about the “defund the police” slogan, I thought it sounded ridiculous. Now I’m not so sure. Although I don’t agree with the underlying motive of the architects of the slogan, that defunding the police would ensure what happened to George Floyd will never happen again, there’s no denying the police routinely …

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