Food pantries gear up for Thanksgiving

Nov. 11—Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Families with traditional tastes are getting ready for the big spread — turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, cornbread, etc. But it's getting harder for food banks to give low-income residents the same privilege. "We have been, like all the pantries, really, really busy. Our numbers have pretty much doubled since last year," said …