Atlantic Regional News Updates:

NORTH CAROLINA SITE FIGHT: LOCUST APPROVES WAL-MART
Locust approves Wal-Mart [Albemarle (N.C.) News & Press]
Wal-Mart received the blessings of the Locust City Council Thursday night to build a new SuperCenter store near the Crutchfield Campus of Stanly Community College. The council split on approval and cast a 5-2 vote with councilmembers Charlie Hinson and Ray Smith dissenting.

VIRGINIA SITE FIGHT: JUDGE CONSIDERS WHETHER TO DISMISS SUIT
Judge considers whether to dismiss Wal-Mart lawsuit [Roanoke (Va.) Times]
A group of Roanoke County landowners fighting the location of a Wal-Mart Supercenter in their neighborhood will have to wait awhile longer to know whether a court will hear their plea.

NEW JERSEY SITE FIGHT: RILING UP RESIDENTS
Plan to build Wal-Mart, Wawa riles up residents [New Jersey Express-Times]
Plans for a Wal-Mart and more on Route 46 near Upper Sarepta Road were “pie in the sky,” according to the site’s developer.

Posted by Alex Goldschmidt on Friday, March 16, 2007

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