Peanut Butter Plant to Trader Joe's, Whole Foods Shut by FDA

The Sunland Inc. plant that distributes products to Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Sprouts, Target, Safeway and others is linked to Salmonella contamination that made at least 41 people ill in 20 states.

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it has blocked food distribution from the Sunland Inc. peanut butter plant in New Mexico whose products were subject to a wide recall in recent months because of salmonella contamination. The various types of Sunland peanut butter products—sold under several brands by major food retailers, including Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Sprouts, Target and Safeway—had been part of a voluntary recall that began in September and later was expanded to include other nut butters as well as processed nuts and peanuts. The FDA action announced Monday is a mandatory order. The company's nut products have been "linked to an outbreak of Salmonella Bredeney that has sickened 41 people in 20 states," …

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Cyber Monday Deals from Best Buy, Target, Walmart and More

Let your fingers do the shopping with click-throughs to online deals promoted as Cyber Monday and Cyber Week specials.

Check Out Cyber Monday Deals from Best Buy, Target, Walmart and More

Let your fingers do the shopping with click-throughs to online deals promoted as Cyber Monday and Cyber Week specials.

  With Black Friday weekend shopping now at an end, the shift online is happening with local and national stores advertising Cyber Monday deals, just a click away.  So who has great Cyber Monday deals? Check out our list: Here's A Sampling Of Cyber Monday, Cyber Week Sales

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Black Friday Video Game Deals at Best Buy, Gamestop, Walmart, Target

We have a complete list of all the Black Friday deals at Walmart, Target, RadioShack, Amazon.com, and much more. Both digital downloads and physical copies for this Black Friday.

  The following is a complete list of all the video game deals for this Black Friday. Please note that some of the games are digital downloads or online only deals, which will be marked below. These are all confirmed deals for this Black Friday 2012. Amazon.com - Lightning Deals Schedule The online retailer will have changing deals all day everyday on Thanksgivig week. Here are some examples of what's available. Prices could vary: Lumines: Electronic Symphony (PSV) $14.99 Kinect Sports Season Two (360) $19.99 Prototype 2 Blackwatch Collector's Edition (360/PS3) $29.99 Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir (3DS) $15.99 FIFA Street (360) $25.00 MLB 12 The Show (PS3) $15.00 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (PS3/Xbox 360) $25.00 Zumba …

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RECALL: Two Dog Treats Sold at Target

Two types of treats are being recalled because of possible salmonella contamination.

  Kasel Associated Industries is voluntarily recalling its Boots & Barkley Roasted American Pig Ears and Boots & Barkley American Variety Pack Dog Treats because of possible salmonella contamination. The products were distributed nationally through Target stores in August 2012, according to the FDA.  According to the FDA: Salmonella can sicken animals that eat these products and humans are at risk for salmonella poisoning from handling contaminated pet products, especially if they have not thoroughly washed their hands after having contact with the pet products or any surfaces exposed to these products.  Healthy people infected with Salmonella should monitor themselves for some or all of the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea …

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Town Meetings Says "No" to Target Proposal

The zoning change for the proposed Target/Canyon Site project was denied by Town Meeting last night.

After months of public consideration among the different town boards that deal with development, the controversial Canyon/Target project was before Town Meeting last night and the majority of members voted to deny the project.  Members voted 39 in favor and 72 against the warrant article that called for a zoning change at the site off of Wheeler Road near the Middlesex Turnpike. The zoning change required a 2/3 majority but the article failed without even 50 percent of the Town Meeting votes. The background on the project is that in the fall of 2010 the Gutierrez Company entered an agreement to potentially purchase the 15.3 acre piece of state-owned land that located adjacent to Wheeler Road and near the Middlesex Turnpike from the …

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TOM KILLILEA

6:30 pm on Sunday, May 27, 2012

still waiting for a response to your statement, what is the implication?   more ›

Letter: Middlesex Commons Ownership in Favor of Target Project

A letter from Edens Senior Project Manager Keith Hague on the proposed Target and traffic mitigation plan.

The following is a letter from Edens (owner of Middlesex Commons) Edens Senior Project Manager Keith Hague shared by The Gutierrez Company. Find the original here. As owners of the Middlesex Commons Shopping Center we have completed a thorough review of all plans, reports and analysis provided to us by your traffic engineer VHB. After further review of this data by our own traffic engineer, MDM Transportation, as well as follow up review meetings with yourself and VHB, we feel the proposed traffic mitigation measures will be a significant improvement to the traffic flow along Middlesex Turnpike. With the additional directional signage we discussed for Old Concord Road, we are confident that these measures will improve access and traffic …

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Reminder: Decision Day for Proposed Target is Monday (Latest News & Poll)

Town Meeting will take up the zoning change for the proposed Canyon/Target project first thing Monday evening.

Update:  Selectman Walter Zenkin informed Patch today that the Board of Selectmen will take up the question as to whether or not to recommend for or against this project to Town Meeting during a session at 7 p.m. Monday at Burlington High School. He said the reason he abstained (see below) last week rather than voting when the issue was brought up was because it wasn't on the agenda.  Original story:  Town Meeting members will face a big and long-anticipated decision after hearing from proponents and opponents of the proposed Target project off of Wheeler Road on Monday. The background on the project is that in the fall of 2010 the Gutierrez Company entered an agreement to potentially purchase the 15.3 acre piece of state-owned land that …

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Richard Hosford

5:31 pm on Monday, May 21, 2012

Hi B. Springer, According to Selectman Walter Zenkin, one of the two who abstained, the reason was because a vote to make a recommendation to Town Meeting was not on the meeting agenda. The board is meeting at 7 p.m. this evening to take a vote tonight   more ›