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Catching eyes and nays

Critics complain as bold LED signs proliferate

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By Scott Helman
Globe Staff / March 5, 2009

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PEABODY - Fix those bunions! Refinance today! Half-price appetizers! Drivers would have to have their eyes shut to miss the animated electronic signs that dot Andover Street near the Peabody-Danvers line. They gleam. They pulsate. They visually scream at passersby with images of throbbing toes, Kevin Garnett's menacing mug, and the latest mortgage rates. It may not be Times Square ... (Full article: 940 words)

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