Archive for December, 2009
Wacky New Year specs live on in 2010
The decade’s end was supposed to finish off those wacky, year-shaped glasses favored by the reveling seas on New Year’s Eve in Times Square and around the world. Gone would be the convenient loops of the 1990s and the double-zero good tim...
Nearsightedness Rising in U.S., Study Says
There may be good reason for the proliferation of eyeglass stores in recent years: more Americans are nearsighted.
The proportion of Americans ages 12 to 54 who need corrective lenses for distance sight has risen in recent decades, increasing t...
‘Eyeglass burglars’ caught on surveillance
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department released surveillance photos of two suspected thieves dubbed the "eyeglass burglars" in hopes that the public will identify them and help locate them.
Police say the suspects have ...
Sheriff’s Office Teams with Lion’s Club
The Arlington County Sheriff’s Office has teamed with the Lion’s Club Eyeglass Recycling Center of Northern Virginia to help prepare donated eyeglasses for distribution to medical, church and other non-profit groups who distribute them to ...
Lions Clubs Team Up on Eyeglass Initiative
The Arlington County Sheriff’s Office has teamed with the Lions Club Eyeglass Recycling Center of Northern Virginia to help prepare donated eyeglasses for distribution to medical, church and other non-profit groups, who distribute them to individua...
Custom Eyes Makes the Eyeglasses You’ve Always Dreamed Of
We bet you didn’t even know you dreamed of eyeglasses, but this will help you catch up. Lorgnettes were all the rage in the 19th century, Roosevelt made pince-nez Presidential, and that guy in Los Feliz with the monocle is a sight to behold. Ne...
