Local lowdown- weird pandemic purchases
By Elisabeth Hosang, Petoskey News Review The COVID-19 pandemic tested patience, health, savings and sanity — and also caused citizens to purchase some items they may never would have otherwise. At the start of the lockdown in March, Megan Neidhamer of Boyne City purchased 15 gallons of hand sanitizer and 500 masks for her area school. Later, she purchased an additional 2,500 masks for her personal business to add its logo to. Neihamer also admitted to buying toilet paper on Amazon. When asked what she learned about herself this year, Neihamer said, “that I crave structure and that I can ...