You can support small retailers by joining me and your neighbors on the second annual national Small Business Saturday.
Skip the national chain stores' annual Black Friday Madness, which starts Thursday night. Stay home and enjoy your Thanksgiving meal with friends and family. Get a good night's sleep and, instead, come out and support small business by shopping local.
In these difficult economic times, it is especially important to patronize your neighborhood businesses. There are so many great options to choose from.
Remember, these people are our neighbors. They work long hours, pay taxes and provide local employment. If we don't patronize our local community stores and restaurants to shop and eat, they don't eat either.
LARRY PENNER
Great Neck