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WEATHER

‘Brutal’ US
heat wave
is expected
to continue
Many events canceled; shelters
open in cities from Maine to Texas
JENNIFER PELTZ
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Americans from Texas to Maine sweated out a

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steamy Saturday as a heat wave canceled events
from festivals to horse races and pushed New York
City to order steps to avoid straining the electrical
system.
The National Weather Service said “a dangerous
heat wave” sent temperatures into the 90s, with
high humidity that made it feel considerably hot-
ter. It was expected to stay warm at night, in the

WARS
upper 70s to low 80s, with more heat on the way
today for the East Coast.
Lancaster County’s top temperature Saturday
was 94 degrees, which felt like 107 when the hu-
midity was factored in, according to the National
Weather Service. AccuWeather predicts a high of
96 today.
“It’s brutal,” Jeffrey Glickman said as he paused
during a run in Washington.
The 37-year-old got out early to try to escape the
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worst of the heat but still planned to cut his route

short on an already 90-degree morning.
“You just have to power through it the best you
can,” he said.
Shake-up of county grocery market includes arrival Many people in areas facing excessive heat this
HEAT  WAVE, page A10
of Wegmans and Whole Foods; while independent
stores take a hit, others re-evaluate strategy

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TIM MEKEEL | TMEKEEL@LNPNEWS.COM

andra Tucker had been a loyal customer of Giant’s Lancaster Shop-

ping Center store for years. Tucker, 60, a clinical assistant at The
Heart Group, liked its proximity to her Grandview Heights home. But
after learning that Wegmans was opening a Lancaster store on Har-
risburg Pike, she was eager to switch her shopping there.
ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Capitol Hill police officer takes a drink Saturday as

Tucker, who had shopped at plus the closing of independent he stands his post on the west side of Capitol Hill in

Wegmans stores in other states
while on vacation, was bowled
over by their selection, service
and prices, and developed
a fondness for the chain’s
chicken sausage.
So Tucker, who shops for
$332.9
stores Darrenkamp’s and Fergu- Washington. The National Weather Service said “a
son & Hassler — have made the dangerous heat wave” was expected to break record
past year a turbulent time for highs in some places, particularly for nighttime.
the local grocery business.
MILLION The most turbulent, in fact,
of 151 counties from Connect-
Giant Food Stores revenue . icut to Virginia that are cov- STEARNS & FOSTER
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herself and her husband, in Lancaster County for . ered by Food Trade News and
Scott, is fine with traveling the fiscal year ending .
March 31.
sister publication Food World. COMFORT
from her home on the east side
of town to Wegmans on the west
“Nobody was as explosive and
volatile as Lancaster County,”
AND
side of town, although that drive is 10 publisher Jeff Metzger said. SUPPORT
minutes longer than her trip to the Giant. And ever since Wegmans and Whole SAVE UP TO
$
600
“It’s worth it,” she said. Foods announced plans to open stores in Lan-
The arrival of Wegmans and Whole Foods — GROCERY  MARKETS, page A6

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INDEX
CLASSIFIEDS........... CL1
DEATHS REPORTED...A21
LIVING......................... B1
LOTTERY................... A2
MONEY........................ D1
OBITUARIES............A18
PERSPECTIVE............E1
REAL ESTATE..........RE1
SPORTS....................... C1
TRAVEL.....................B10
TV WEEK..................TV1
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