Atlantic isn’t the only community to have had recent incidents of vandalism perpetrated on local businesses. The Creston Police Dept. reports at around 8:50-p.m. Friday, someone threw a brick through the front door of Coen’s Furniture on north Maple Street.There was no immediate word on the dollar loss.

And, sometime between 3-pm Dec. 28th and 2:20-a.m. Dec. 29th, someone threw a brick through the glass door of the Family Shoe Store on west Adams Street, in Creston. The loss was estimated at $765.

Late last week, Designer Portraits by Ann studio in downtown Atlantic sustained damage when someone threw three field rocks through the business’ windows and doors. The damage was estimated at $2,200. And during the late night hours of Dec. 29th, another downtown Atlantic business, Aunt B’s, sustained $1,500 damage, when someone threw a piece of black asphalt through the front, plate glass window. They also smashed the front glass door. Damage from that incident amounted to about $1,500.