Local Kmart closing adds sadness for Roswell shoppers
Local Kmart on South Main Street will close in late March, affecting about 30 employees and upsetting residents who frequented the store. Sears Holdings had announced 80 store closures nationwide, with Roswell’s 1705 and 1000 S Main St locations impacted in the plan to restructure and focus on profitable outlets amid bankruptcy proceedings.
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Beatrice Romero
Sears Holding Corp
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Sears
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Illinois
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New Mexico
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Eddie Lampert
Snyder laments recruit shortage in Chaves County Sheriff's Office
Outgoing Chaves County Sheriff Britt Snyder cites fewer people applying to become police and deputies as the era of strict scrutiny and negative media images grows. He retires after 33 years in law enforcement, with six openings in the sheriff's office and nine applicants progressing to testing.
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Britt Snyder
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Mike Herrington
Sheriff's Office
Experts say no two million in Times Square for New Year
The piece notes crowd-size experts doubt claims of 1 to 2 million revelers in Times Square for New Year’s Eve. University crowd scientist G Keith Still says estimates are often inflated by 10 to 100 times, with real counts likely under 100,000.
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New York
Ryan Seacrest
Anderson Cooper
Snoop Dogg
Times Square
Snoop
G. Keith Still
Still
Manchester Metropolitan University
England
Shok-Raw Dance: Expression Across Cultures Through Time
The piece traces dance as a universal language from the Maori Haka to ballroom rituals and modern hip hop with dubstep. It argues dance expresses what words cannot and evolves with each generation.
Shok-Raw Chacon Jr Competes in Breakin Walls Dance
Flavio Chacon Jr. known as Shok-Raw has danced since boyhood and uses movement to tell stories. The April 2016 photo captures him competing in Carlsbad's Breakin Walls event bringing communities together through hip hop.
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Shok- Raw
Carlsbad
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