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New Firehouse Subs to open

New Firehouse Subs to open

Another restaurant is opening on Union Avenue in Midtown Memphis. Firehouse Subs will be the latest restaurant to call Midtown home. 

Firehouse Subs is planning to be open by mid-July in the same shopping center as FedEx Office and Verizon Wireless. The space is currently being leased by FedEx Office and will undergo renovations to split the current FedEx Office store into two spaces.

Firehouse Subs has a fast casual restaurant concept.  This will be the sixth Firehouse Subs to open in the Memphis area.  The Union Avenue location will join locations in East Memphis, Germantown, Collierville, on Stage Road in Memphis, and Southaven, Mississippi.

Local consignment store opens in new location

Local consignment store opens in new location

Summer Kids, a locally owned children’s consignment store, is now open at their new location.  Now parents can continue finding great deals at 5266 Summer Ave.  It is in the Perimeter Shopping Center, near Gardenridge, just to the left of Aaron's.

If you have baby or maternity items you want to sell, Summer Kids is starting to accept buying drop-offs at their new location on Friday, March 29.  The most wanted items are jeans, spring maternity, shoes, baby equipment, boys clothes sizes 2T – 5, girls sizes 6-8, long-sleeve shirts, preemie & newborn clothes.

Popular scrapbook store to close

Popular scrapbook store to close

Archiver's of Memphis has announced they are closing their doors for good.

In an email to customers the store announced they are having a clearance sale now. Everything in the store is on sale for 25 percent off and some items are on a deeper discount.

They are closing up shop in just a few days on March 3.

The store has been in Memphis for years and has many loyal customers that will be sad to see it close.

Another area scrapbook store, Eclectica in Bartlett closed late last year. Archiver's closing leaves the Memphis area without a specialty scrapbook store.

Local author to share tips from new home improvement book

Local author to share tips from new home improvement book

Local author Nancy Roe will be teaching tips on how to get organized.

Tips are from her new book, "Organize the Nancy Way." 

Roe will be at the Bartlett Library, 5884 Stage Road on February 23, from 10:30 a.m. until 11:30a.m.  For more information, call (901) 385-8968.

Running program geared toward kids to kick off

Running program geared toward kids to kick off

Saturday marks the beginning of something big for kids all over Memphis.

The Memphis Runners and Track Program kicks off for children ages five to 13.

It's called the MRTC Kids Run Program, and it focuses on children in the community and teaches them the sport of running.

Consumer Reports: best shopping sites & apps

Consumer Reports' ShopSmart magazine has ranked the top five shopping sites and apps of 2012.

"We’ve combed through countless shopping sites and apps to find the very best ones to help shoppers save even more in the new year,” said ShopSmart's Editor-In-Chief Lisa Lee Freeman. 

TOP 5 SHOPPING SITES:

* CouponBlender.com. An aggregate site that highlights the best deals from multiple coupon sites.