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Ross returns to Alameda Towne Centre

Management at Alameda Towne Centre have confirmed long-held rumors that a Ross Dress For Less will be returning to the shopping center. The 30,187-square-foot store is tentatively slated to open this fall in the former Safeway building. “Ross is famous for the terrific values it offers customers every day on first-quality, in-season, name brand and designer [...]

Shop Alameda!

Merry Christmas Eve everyone, and welcome to the final installment of our Shop Alameda holiday shopping column. If you’ve still got some shopping to do, the clock is running down. But there’s still time to take advantage of some local holiday deals and enjoy some local holiday doings. Today’s the last day to visit Santa in [...]

Shop Alameda!

Welcome to our third installment of Shop Alameda, which offers you tips, exclusive coupons and the 411 on holiday happenings here on our little Island. This week, I’d like to start off on Webster Street, which is soon to be home to a brand-new cafe in the space that was once occupied by Tillie’s, at 1500 [...]

Shop Alameda! (With coupons!)

Thanks for checking out our second holiday installment of Shop Alameda, where we give you the inside scoop on a host of holiday deals and events – and The Island’s first-ever coupon. (Yay!) We’ll start again on Park Street, this time at 3 Wishes Cards and Gifts (1428 Park Street, 523-4438). They’re offering you $10 off [...]

Shop Alameda!

Welcome to Shop Alameda, our special, weekly holiday advertising column designed to give you the 411 on where to find local holiday gifts, deals, meals, fun and more. When you shop locally, it helps us keep all those cute little shops we love – and helps pay for services like public safety, parks and more. [...]

Eve Pearlman: Keeping it local

In deference to today being Black Friday – which I understand is a very big shopping day – I asked some of my favorite Alameda retailers how they’re hanging in there and what they’ve noticed about people’s shopping habits with this whole economic collapse and everything. “Shopping has completely changed,” said the always-warm and friendly Chelsea [...]
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