Former Roanoke City Councilman Robert Jeffrey Jr. faces a possible penalty of 22 to 57 months in prison when sentenced later this summer for financial crimes that cast him out
When Robert Jeffrey Jr. moved back to the Roanoke Valley and opened a business in 2015, he left behind a history of financial problems in Washington state. Similar issues have
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John Hessler, 62, the patio section manager at Valley View Farms
in Cockeysville, Md., poses in his showroom.
COCKEYSVILLE, Maryland â People used to go to Valley View Farms to buy five tomato plants and end up with $5,000 in patio furniture.
This year is different. After a record burst of sales in March, the showroom floor is almost empty of outdoor chairs, tables and chaises for people to buy.
The garden supply store in suburban Baltimore has been waiting six months for a shipping container from Vietnam full of $100,000 worth of wicker and aluminum furniture. Half of the container has already been sold by showing customers photographs. The container should have arrived in February, but it reached U.S. waters on June 3 and has just docked in Long Beach, California.