A drain on plumbers: Friday is busiest day of year for their services | By Pamela Dickman Loveland Reporter-Herald
The day after Thanksgiving means leftovers ? turkey, potatoes, gravy, deviled eggs ? to treat the tummy. For plumbers, those treats mean clogged drains and one of the busiest weekends of the year, according to several local plumbers.

Plumbers profit from overstuffed disposals / Thanksgiving Day clogs, cooks' impatience fatten workers' wallets
OGDEN -- Plumbers dream of potato peels, turkey fat, rice and especially pasta for Thanksgiving because those culinary delights make their phones ring the next day.

Plumbers root for Thanksgiving clogs
Black Friday has another meaning for plumbers -- it's their busiest of the year after the food-heavy get-togethers stop up disposals and pipes.

Day After Thanksgiving Busy For Plumbers in Kennewick
Plumbers get a lot of calls for clogged sinks and sewers. Plumbers say you don't want to be putting your chunky left overs down the garbage disposal, because it could get backed up.

Demand For Plumbers Up After Thanksgiving Holiday
The day after Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for plumbers. Apparently homeowners are also in need of assistance.

Black Friday for Plumbers Too
North Texas plumbers say the Thanksgiving holiday weekend is among their busiest.

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Putnam lawmakers are considering a bill that would require plumbers, electricians and others who are licensed or registered in the county to use the federal E-Verify program to ensure that their newly hired employees have authorization to work in the U.S.

Plumbers: unsung heroes of the holidays
All the work it takes to put on a Thanksgiving feast also creates work for others. For local plumbers, Thanksgiving is one of the busiest days of the year.

State board keeps its eye on unlicensed plumbers
Unlicensed plumbers can create potential health hazards for you and your neighbors.

State board keeps its eye on unlicensed plumbers
By DARREN BARBEE Unlicensed plumbers beware: The state is tough on handymen who think they know a thing or two about plumbing but don?t have the credentials to back it up. The Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners aggressively pursues unlicensed plumbers, slapping them with thousands of dollars in fines. That?s because shoddy work, such as an improperly installed water line, can contaminate ...

Toronto Maple Leafs Team Report
The big broom that Brian Burke was expected to wield as the Leafs' new president and general manager will be put away until after Christmas.

Black Friday is busy day for plumbers
KAILUA (KHNL) - Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year, but for some Oahu workers, this day has a whole different meaning. Friday is a plumber's busiest day of the year.

Holiday is busy for local plumbers
Plumbers have a word of advice for cooks today: Don?t put the remains of your Thanksgiving feast down the drain. Holidays are busy times for some local plumbers, when food scraps and visiting guests put a strain on the pipes.

Revenues dry up as water demand drops
Water utilities across the region say a cool summer and a cooling economy have cut demand and hurt their bottom lines, making it harder to fund system maintenance and expansion -- and making it necessary to raise rates on users.

Gilmore: banks must safeguard families' homes
Irish banks should be forced by the government to guarantee that no family's home will be repossessed as a condition of any state aid package, Labour demanded last night. Labour leader Eamon Gilmore argued that the Irish taxpayer must be compensated for helping to support financial institutions. Addressing Labour's annual conference in Kilkenny last night, Gilmore said: 'If the taxpayer can ...

Democratic Club planning dinner
Democratic Club planning dinner Guernsey County Democratic Club will have its annual Christmas covered-dish dinner at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4 at the Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Hall, 11306 East Pike, Cambridge.

Round Lake Beach man was one of baby's rescuers
A Round Lake Beach man was instrumental in Friday's rescue of a baby abandoned for hours inside a minivan stolen from the child's mother.

Man arrested in robbery, assault of plumbers
A Florence man was arrested Tuesday after police said he robbed and assaulted three plumbers working at a house.

City, unions work on long-term deals
With barely a month to go before Mayor Mark Begich leaves town to become Alaska's new U.S. senator, labor contracts with about half the unions representing city employees are up for approval by the Anchorage Assembly.

Don't Let a Clogged Drain Ruin Your Party
(ARA) - There's never a good time to have a clogged drain, but some times are worse than others. For example, when your kitchen sink decides to back up during the middle of a dinner party, or when your toilet clogs and overflows while you're hosting house guests.