A group of local business owners got together to bring some holiday spirit to Parkville's 'Main Street'.
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- Nick Gestido
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
If you've driven down Harford Road through Parkville's Main Street since Monday afternoon, you've probably seen the wreaths hanging from lampposts along the street. The display of holiday cheer is the brainchild of a group of Parkville-area business owners who volunteered their time to get the job done. Mary Beth Flowers, owner of Flowers by Flowers, first pitched the idea to decorate Harford Road with holiday wreaths on the Parkville Main Street Facebook page. Chris McDermott, owner of Signs 2 Day, and Bob McCarrell, of Got Tan, volunteered to help get the job done. "It was an idea I brought up to Parkville Main Street on their page. Chris from Signs Today and Bob from Got Tan both jumped in saying they’d be more than happy to volunteer …
Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district 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 from Nov. 26 to Dec. 16 to deckthehouse.patch.com/contest/parkville. 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 …
