Shopping

Wondering when all those big stores will be opening and offering those massive discounts this Black Friday?

With the holiday season upon us, Oneonta City Police Chief Dennis Nayor has some helpful safety tips for holiday shoppers. Chief Nayor says a lot of crimes that occur are crimes of opportunity. If you remove or minimize the opportunity there is less chance of somebody becoming a victim.

Before Hurricane Sandy left its mark on New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley, the majority of New York retailers were confident and prepared for a strong 2012 holiday shopping season.

Many businesses, both locally and nationally, will be releasing in the coming weeks store hours and discounts and deals as we near Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. Check here for deals and hours. We'll share them when we know them for the following stores:

Trudging around the aisles of the huge supermarkets of America, searching for the rare but key items we always require is, quite frankly, a pain in the rear. Then we heard about the perfect solution: The new ‘Man-Aisle’ featured at Westside Market NYC’s store on the corner of Broadway and 110th Street.