A local veteran and his family were surprised Monday at the Sears store at Cumberland Mall.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
By Anna Tzinares For many military families, the holidays can be stressful rather than joyful. Sergeant First Class Charles Coleman is a soldier from the Atlanta area who finds himself in a difficult position: preparing for another deployment while coping with the challenges of his daughter recently being placed on the bone marrow transplant list. To make the holiday season easier for his family in particular, Sears Heroes at Home surprised the Coleman family with gifts from Sears, including a computer and a gift card to purchase items for their home. Over the past five years, the Sears Heroes at Home Wish Registry has raised $17 million through customer donations and has helped over 83,000 military families during the holidays.
Here's your roundup of top stories from Cobb, Cherokee, Bartow, Paulding and Douglas counties for Dec. 29.
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
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Company announces that up to 120 Kmarts and Sears stores will close, but locations, including the Sears at Cumberland Mall, have not yet been disclosed.
The Sears Holdings Corp announced Tuesday that it will close between 100 and 120 of its namesake chains and Kmart stores, citing sagging consumer electronic and home appliance holiday sales as a reason. The Cumberland Mall Sears staff told Patch that the store will remain open and operate as usual until further notice is given. Sears, along with Macy’s and Costco, anchors the mall. Sears Holdings Corp. said it has yet to determine which stores will close but said it will post on http://www.searsmedia.com when a final list is compiled. The company would not discuss how many, if any, jobs would be cut. The company has more than 4,000 stores in the U.S. and Canada. "Given our performance and the difficult economic environment, especially for …
Marloe M.
12:09 pm on Saturday, December 31, 2011
Thank you for the list! I would be extremly sad to see such great anchor store leave Cumberland Mall. more ›