What’s New in Maryland
For you Merliners out thereArchive for June 20, 2008
First Day of Summer
Happy first day of summer! Though it can be a little confusing to know when the first day of summer starts, (is it June 20th? June 21st?), the first day of summer is actually determined by the summer solstice (when the sun is at its northernmost point in the sky) so in 2008, summer starts on June 20th (at 7:59 p.m. to be even more precise) for Marylanders. In Europe, it’s June 21st this year.
The summer solstice is actually the longest day of the year as far as the number of daylight hours goes. For countries in the Southern Hemisphere, the start of summer (longest day of the year) is 6 months away (in December!).
Giant, Food Lion Offer Lower Prescription Costs
In addition to Safeway lowering many of their generic prescriptions to $4, other grocery chains have as well.
Both Giant and Food Lion have lowered the costs of many prescriptions drugs. Giant has lowered the price of 350 generic drugs to $9.99 for a 90 day supply. Food Lion did something slightly different, lowering the price of some prescription drugs to $4 for a 30 day supply and $10.99 for a 90 day supply. By contrast, Safeway offers over 300 generic drugs for a price of $4 for a 30 day supply.
Don’t you love price competition.
