Supporters Rally Around Ellicott City After Deadly Train Derailment
After two full days of road closures, many Main Street businesses are aching for customers.
The sun is shining, parking lot F has some open spaces, and most of the shops on Ellicott City's Main Street, a regional tourism destination, are open for business. “I’d hope that people would come on down and walk down [to lower Main Street],” Sue O’Connor said, standing behind the counter at The Wine Bin. “It’s lovely weather. Go shopping.” Two days after a CSX train derailed in Ellicott City, killing two 19-year-old women and shutting down Main Street at the Baltimore County Border, business is picking up in the Historic District. Slowly. Business at the Wine Bin was not too adversely affected, O'Connor said, because the store's location near Ellicott Mills Road, right next to parking lot F. Other businesses have felt the squeeze. …
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Joe Thomas
6:45 pm on Friday, August 24, 2012
So all that these people can think of is how many shoppers will come to their little stores? Headline is about "deadly train derailment" yet not a word about the wreck or the girls who were killed. Remind me not to come to this town. more ›