The World Online Digital Edition - September 27th, 2017

Drivers Advised: Four-Way Stop
Coming to Elm & Spring Street
City officials today advised drivers that new four-way stop
signs will be in place beginning next week at the intersection
of Elm and Spring Streets, and enforcement of the traffic control
measures will begin immediately.
The Montpelier City Council approved the safety measure
in response to multiple requests for the stop signs at the busy
intersection. Currently stop signs are placed at the Spring
Street approach only. A traffic study determined that an allway
stop controlled intersection would operate with a more
even distribution of delay for all of the approaches and would
function at a level of service considered to be acceptable.
Also, the implementation of an all-way stop would improve
conditions for pedestrians crossing Elm Street, which serves
as a main route for students traveling to and from Main Street
and Union Elementary schools.
DPW project manager Corey Line said added measures, in
addition to the placement of standard stop signs, will be taken
at the intersection and in advance of the intersection to
increase visibility and driver awareness. Noting that drivers
using Elm Street are not accustomed to stopping at that intersection,
Line advised everyone using Elm and Spring Streets
to be especially cautious as drivers become familiar with the
changes. For additional information: DPW office @ 223-9508
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How to Avoid Identity Theft and Fraud
With scams and fraud schemes proliferating
on social media, the AARP Fraud Watch
Network has launched a campaign to educate
Americans about social media hazards and
provide information about how they can protect
themselves.
Description: Evil queen looks into a phone
in front of her mirror in a castle. Text: If a
deal seems like a fantasy, it probably
is.“Scammers have been using email and
telephone calls to target unsuspecting victims
for years. Now, with today’s boom in social
media use, the con artists are just as likely to
use Twitter, Facebook and other social media
platforms to execute their insidious scams to
steal people’s money and identities,” said
AARP Fraud Watch Network Ambassador
Frank Abagnale. According to the Pew
Research Center, approximately 70 percent of
Americans regularly use social media.
The Fraud Watch Network education campaign
includes advertising, online videos and
a new website, www.aarp.org/SocialScams.
The effort warns consumers about specific
social media scams, such as the coupon scam
and the genealogy scam:
Fraudsters execute the coupon scam by
distributing advertisements featuring toogood-to-be-true
deals on hot items. The real
goal is to charge your credit card for phony
goods or products you never receive, or to
collect your personal information for identity
theft.
The genealogy scam capitalizes on the current
popularity of ancestry research. Scammers
set up a legitimate-looking website and social
media account – often mimicking the name of
an authentic genealogy site by altering a character
or two of the name. Victims are duped
into providing their credit card information,
Social Security numbers and other personal
information to the identity thieves.
Abagnale provides the following tips to
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avoid identity theft via social media:
1. Never post personal information, including
your Social Security number – not even the
last four digits -- birthday, place of birth,
home address, phone numbers, or personal
account information.
2. Avoid posting a front-facing picture of your
full face on social media sites. A con artist can
copy the image and use it to create a photo ID
that can be used to steal your identity.
3. Set the privacy options for each of your
social media accounts to restrict your information
so it can only be viewed by people
you select. Check your privacy settings regularly.
4. Don’t log in to your social media accounts
via a public wireless network, where scammers
can lurk. A 2016 survey by the AARP
Fraud Watch Network found that more than
70 percent of the respondents have accessed
their email, Facebook and other social media
accounts via free public Wi-Fi.
Abagnale, who was named AARP Fraud
Watch Ambassador in 2015, has been associated
with the FBI for more than four decades,
and has advised and consulted with hundreds
of financial institutions, corporations and
government agencies around the world.
Abagnale’s story was told in his best-selling
book, Catch Me if You Can, and in the 2002
movie of the same name, starring Leonardo
DiCaprio and Tom Hanks.
The AARP Fraud Watch Network was
launched in 2013 as a free resource for people
of all ages. The website provides information
about fraud and scams, prevention tips from
experts, an interactive scam-tracking map,
fun educational quizzes, and video presentations
featuring Abagnale. Users may sign up
for “Watchdog Alert” emails that deliver
breaking scam information, or call a free helpline
at 877-908-3360 to speak with volunteers
trained in fraud counseling.
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Two Granite City Grocery volunteers sit in front of the Aldrich
Library on Saturday, September 16.
Thank You
Granite City Grocery would like to thank Jo Perreault, Kyle
Lanzit, Clay Whitney, Alicia Bartlett, Heather Runk, Gayle
Poinsette, Peter Anthony, and Sherry Rhynard for all of their hard
work to make our Yard Sign Giveaway a success. This was an
early start for Granite City Grocery’s celebration of National
Co-op Month. We will be following this event with another, a
Yard Sign Drawing. More details will be announced at the end of
this month. The Yard Sign Giveaway, and other events that we
host, are part of the work that goes on behind the scenes. Our
group of volunteers works as cooperative family to help make
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