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Monmouth
Business
Trampoline Park Replacing Shuttered Hazlet Pathmark, Kmart Sets Opening Date Trampoline Park Replacing Shuttered Hazlet Pathmark, Kmart Sets Opening Date
Trampoline Park Replacing Shuttered Hazlet Pathmark, Kmart Sets Opening Date Urban Air Trampoline & Adventure Park is set to open its newest New Jersey location this Saturday, Dec. 9. The indoor park is located at 3010 Route 35 in Hazlet. Urban Air has leased a space that formerly housed Pathmark and Kmart in the Hazlet Town Center. Billed as the world's largest indoor amusement company, its new center spans nearly 40,000 square feet. The new adventure park offers a full line-up of activities, such as an intense ropes course, APEX trampolines, the Runway Tumble Track that offers flexibility to those who flip, handspring and cartwheel down its track and Laser t…

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by Jon Craig
Adams
News
Fiery Deaths Prompt Recall For Millions Of Dehumidifiers: CPSC Fiery Deaths Prompt Recall For Millions Of Dehumidifiers: CPSC
Fiery Deaths Prompt Recall For Millions Of Dehumidifiers: Cpsc After multiple deaths, 450 fires, 2,000 incidents of overheating, and $19 million in property damage – millions of dehumidifiers are being recalled, according to a release by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Aug. 16, 2023.  The dehumidifiers were manufactured by Gree Electric Appliances, of China, and were sold under major brand names: Danby, De’Longhi, Fedders, Fellini, Frigidaire, GE, Gree, Kenmore, Norpole, Premiere, Seabreeze, SoleusAir and SuperClima, the CPSC explained.  "Consumers should stop using the recalled dehumidifiers and contact Gree for a full refund,…

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by Jillian Pikora
Pascack Valley
Business
Attention Kmart Shoppers: Final Jersey Location Shutting Down In Westwood Attention Kmart Shoppers: Final Jersey Location Shutting Down In Westwood
Attention Kmart Shoppers: Final Jersey Location Shutting Down In Westwood It's soon going to be the end of an era in New Jersey. Kmart is closing its final location in the Garden State on Sept. 30, a source confirmed to Daily Voice. The Westwood Kmart, which was one of the last three standing Kmarts in the country, has signs proclaiming that everything must go. At its peak in the 1990s, Kmart has upwards of 2,400 stores and 350,000 employees throughout the US. Fans looking to get their Kmart fix will have to travel to either Long Island or Miami.

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by Sam Barron
Burlington
Business
Popular Chicken Restaurant Opens In Shuttered Marlton Kmart Popular Chicken Restaurant Opens In Shuttered Marlton Kmart
Popular Chicken Restaurant Opens In Shuttered Marlton Kmart A wildly popular Jersey Shore chicken joint has expanded its footprint with a second location. Chicken or the Egg, commonly called simply "Chegg," has opened its Marlton location in the space formerly occupied by Kmart at Renaissance Square on Route 70. The flagship location was opened in 1991 by brothers Mark and Craig Cohen in Beach Haven on Long Beach Island. That location will be closed until Feb. 15 for winter break, the restaurant said. The menu has a little something for everyone including wings, breakfast, brunch, desserts, drinks and more. Click here for Chegg's website…

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by Cecilia Levine
Frederick
Business
Here's When The Final Full-Service Maryland Sears Will Be Closing At Francis Scott Key Mall Here's When The Final Full-Service Maryland Sears Will Be Closing At Francis Scott Key Mall
Here's When The Final Full-Service Maryland Sears Will Be Closing At Francis Scott Key Mall One of the final full-service Sears locations in the country that still stands in Maryland is not long for this world and will soon be shut down, according to reports. Sears at the Francis Scott Key Mall in Frederick, one of the few active brick-and-motor locations still standing from the once-great department store giant, will reportedly be closing by mid-January as shoppers continue to strip what's left from the bare shelves. The closure date of Sunday, Jan. 15 was first announced by the Frederick News-Post, which reported that the store is sporting massive neon-colored signs stating: "Ev…

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by Zak Failla
Camden
Business
High-Tech Go-Kart Track Brings New Life To Shuttered Camden County Kmart Store High-Tech Go-Kart Track Brings New Life To Shuttered Camden County Kmart Store
High-Tech Go-Kart Track Brings New Life To Shuttered Camden County Kmart Store A former Central Jersey Kmart store is in the process of being transformed into a larger-than-life go-kart track. The building at 328 S. White Horse Pike in the Berlin Shopping Center of Berlin will soon boast 32 electric go-karts, arcades, a ninja course and rock climbing. "This new FEC is bound to breathe life back into this shopping center and the local community," said vendor DFX on Facebook. According to NJ Advance Media, company is leasing about two-thirds of the 92.000-square-foot Kmart building, which closed in 2014. DFX is also providing video systems, lighting and audio, the out…

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by Cecilia Levine
Middlesex NJ
News
And Then There Was One: 2nd To Last NJ Kmart Store Closing And Then There Was One: 2nd To Last NJ Kmart Store Closing
And Then There Was One: 2nd To Last NJ Kmart Store Closing Attention, Kmart shoppers: Get your last "blue light specials" this week in Middlesex County. New Jersey's second-to-last Kmart store will be closing permanently on Saturday, April 16 in Avenel, NJ Advance Media reports. The store is located at 1550 St. Georges Ave. in Delco Plaza. The Garden State’s very last Kmart will be in Westwood, Bergen County. A Kmart in Kearny, Hudson County, closed last year. After Avenel’s store closure, there will only be three remaining Kmart stores in the United States: Westwood, Long Island and Miami, the outlet said. Click here for the complete s…

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by Jon Craig
Chappaqua
Business
NY Is Home To One Of Kmart's Four Remaining US Stores NY Is Home To One Of Kmart's Four Remaining US Stores
NY Is Home To One Of Kmart's Four Remaining US Stores Kmart is largely gone but not forgotten in one New York community, which boasts one of just four locations still standing in the US. For years, the former big-box store giant has been shuttering the doors of its brick-and-mortar locations as it faced increased competition from online retailers. At its peak in the 1990s, Kmart has upwards of 2,400 stores and 350,000 employees throughout the US, though with new closures announced across the country, the store is down to just four locations remaining, including one on Long Island. In Suffolk County, the Bridgehampton Kmart location on Montau…

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by Zak Failla
White Plains
Business
BJ's Opening Store At Former KMart Space In Westchester BJ's Opening Store At Former KMart Space In Westchester
BJ's Opening Store At Former KMart Space In Westchester Shoppers in Westchester County will have a new wholesale club to shop with the addition of BJ's. Town of Greenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner announced on Monday, Jan. 31, the wholesale club would be opening in the old Kmart space at the Crossroads Shopping Center. The store will be the first in the center since the closure of Waldbaum's in 2012 to offer a wide range of food products (fresh produce, meats, refrigerated, frozen foods, beverages, bakery, etc.), in addition to a wide variety of non-food goods.  "Many residents of Fairview who live near the Crossroads Shopping Center have as…

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by Kathy Reakes
North Passaic
Real Estate
North Jersey Stop & Shop Shutters North Jersey Stop & Shop Shutters
North Jersey Stop & Shop Shutters A longtime North Jersey Stop & Shop store has shuttered, NorthJersey.com reports. The "difficult" decision to close the Route 17 store in Paramus was made from a financial perspective after a review of store performance, a Stop & Shop communications manager told the news outlet. The store was an Acme in the 1980s and a Grand Union in the 1990s, before Stop & Shop took over in the early 2000s, according to the Acme Style Blog.  The borough's Planning Board in 2019 approved a renovation project for the Stop & Shop store -- as well as the KMart store on the…

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by Cecilia Levine
Chappaqua
Business
Supermarket Planning Move To Bigger Location In Northern Westchester Supermarket Planning Move To Bigger Location In Northern Westchester
Supermarket Planning Move To Bigger Location In Northern Westchester One of Northern Westchester's favorite grocery stores is on the move after outgrowing its current home. Uncle Giuseppe's Marketplace in Yorktown has applied with the town to move into the large space provided by the former Food Emporium located in Yorktown Green. The old Food Emporium's 45,000 square foot space has been sitting empty for more than 10 years and would offer about 10,000 additional square feet compared to their current location. Uncle Giuseppe's Marketplace, an Italian American specialty grocery store founded on Long Island in the 1990s, would be the perfect fit in the plaza …

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by Kathy Reakes
Atlantic
Business
NJ Target Store Weeks Away From Opening NJ Target Store Weeks Away From Opening
NJ Target Store Weeks Away From Opening Another former Kmart store is being replaced by a new Target store -- this time in Atlantic County.  The newest Target to land in Somers Point is set to open this month in, NJ.com says citing news reports. Kmart vacated its anchor store at Somers Point Plaza, a popular shopping center off of Route 9.  Target Corp also has plans to replace a shuttered Kmart store in Wall, Monmouth County, and Kearney in Hudson County. A shuttered Kmart store in Mercer County is being replaced by a popular discount Grocery Outlet store as reported here by Daily Voice. 

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by Jon Craig
Lebanon
News
New Target Store Coming To Central PA New Target Store Coming To Central PA
New Target Store Coming To Central PA Target has announced it is coming to Lebanon, Pennsylvania. The new home of Target is the former home of Kmart of located at 1745 Quentin Road. The store will be approximately 117,000 sq. ft. according to Target. The company purchased the location in a $5 million dollar deal. When construction will start and an approximate opening date has not been released. The location was last used as a mass vaccination site.

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by Jillian Pikora
Mercer
Business
California-Based 'Grocery Outlet' Opens 1st NJ Store, Replacing Shuttered South Jersey Kmart California-Based 'Grocery Outlet' Opens 1st NJ Store, Replacing Shuttered South Jersey Kmart
California-Based 'Grocery Outlet' Opens 1st NJ Store, Replacing Shuttered South Jersey Kmart A discount grocery chain plans to open its first New Jersey store this fall, reports said. Grocery Outlet is moving into vacated Kmart space in Mercer County, according to JerseyDigs.com. Kmart closed its former Hamilton Township store in December 2019. Based in San Francisco, Grocery Outlet will replace the former Kmart in Hamilton Plaza at 1061 White Horse Ave.  The former Kmart store at Hamilton Township in Mercer County closed for good in the fall of 2019.Google Maps Grocery Outlet stores are best known on the West Coast, but the chain began opening stores in Pennsylvania, after b…

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by Jon Craig
Hudson
News
Target To Replace These Shuttered NJ Kmarts Target To Replace These Shuttered NJ Kmarts
Target To Replace These Shuttered NJ Kmarts Another Kmart store has closed its doors leaving just two left in all of New Jersey. The Kearny store on Passaic Avenue closed on May 2, NJ Advance Media reports. The storefront will be replaced by a Target store, according to Target's list of upcoming locations.  Target will also be replacing the Kmart that closed in Wall on Route 35, and the one in Somers Point on 250 New Road. Only two Kmart stores remain in New Jersey: One in Avenel and the other in Westwood.

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by Cecilia Levine
Dauphin
News
T.J. Maxx Opening At Former Hershey Square Shopping Center T.J. Maxx Opening At Former Hershey Square Shopping Center
T.J. Maxx Opening At Former Hershey Square Shopping Center T.J. Maxx has joined the lineup of new stores coming to the Hershey Square shopping center in Derry Township, PennLive reports. The development is located on Mae Street, at the site of the former 107,000-square-foot Kmart store. Other businesses slated to open at Hershey Square include Where the Wild Things Play (a massive indoor play space for children), Planet Fitness, Big Lots and Five Below. Click here for the full story from PennLive.

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by Cecilia Levine
Yorktown
Real Estate
Yorktown Green Project Proposed Featuring 150 Apartments, Mixed-Use Building Yorktown Green Project Proposed Featuring 150 Apartments, Mixed-Use Building
Yorktown Green Project Proposed Featuring 150 Apartments, Mixed-Use Building One of the most prominent vacant commercial sites in Northern Westchester could be getting a multi-million dollar facelift to transform it into a massive mixed-use building. A proposal to transform Yorktown Green into a mixed-use development featuring 150 apartments, ground-level retail locations, and a new supermarket was introduced to the Town Board this week to much fanfare. According to Olster Properties, the 15-acre development in the heart of Yorktown Heights on Downing Drive would include the demolition of the current 90,000-square-foot building that was the home of a defunct Kmart …

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by Zak Failla
Nassau
Business
New ShopRite To Replace Kmart At Busy Long Island Shopping Center New ShopRite To Replace Kmart At Busy Long Island Shopping Center
New ShopRite To Replace Kmart At Busy Long Island Shopping Center A new grocery store is coming to a busy Long Island shopping center. A ShopRite location will be replacing the former Kmart store that was vacated last year in Huntington Commons on New York Avenue, according to Huntington Now.  The ShopRite is expected to open the fall of 2021. For more, check the Huntington Now story here.

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by Zak Failla
Putnam
Business
Discount Retailer Opens New Store At Site Of Former Kmart In Mahopac Discount Retailer Opens New Store At Site Of Former Kmart In Mahopac
Discount Retailer Opens New Store At Site Of Former Kmart In Mahopac A new discount retailer has opened in Mahopac on Route 6 at the former site of a Kmart that stood empty for more than a year.  Opening its doors to customers for the first time on Friday, Aug. 21, the new store, Ocean State Job Lot, is employing 30 individuals full-time and part-time. Part-time opportunities are still available.  “We are thrilled to open our doors in Mahopac,” said Alex Camillone, Ocean State Job Lot Store Team Leader. “Although it has been a challenging time for everyone, we are so proud of our team for pulling together to get this new store converted and re…

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by Christina Coulter
Hackensack
News
Sears To Shutter Hackensack Store Leaving Only 1 NJ Location Standing Sears To Shutter Hackensack Store Leaving Only 1 NJ Location Standing
Sears To Shutter Hackensack Store Leaving Only 1 NJ Location Standing The Sears in Hackensack is one of many that will soon close permanently -- leaving only one last Sears store standing in New Jersey. The chain had added two temporary closing jobs at the Hackensack store to its online database as of June 30 -- two days after the Rockaway Townsquare Mall listed its own closing positions. Available positions include backroom and cashier. Sears has been closing stores across the country since 2018, when the company -- which also owns Kmart -- filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The Sears within the Newport Center Mall in Jersey City is the last store…

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by Valerie Musson
Morris
News
Sears To Shutter Rockaway Townsquare Mall Location, Closing Jobs Available Sears To Shutter Rockaway Townsquare Mall Location, Closing Jobs Available
Sears To Shutter Rockaway Townsquare Mall Location, Closing Jobs Available The Sears at Rockaway Town Square Mall is just one of many that will soon close permanently in yet another Coronavirus-related blow to the brick-and-mortar retail landscape. The Sears in Hackensack will also shutter, according to closing jobs listed June 30. The retail chain had added four closing jobs at the Rockaway store to its online database as of June 29. Available positions include home appliance sales, cashiers, hardware sales and backroom. Calls placed to the store were not answered. Sears has been closing stores across the country since 2018, when the company -- which also …

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by Valerie Musson
Mount Pleasant
Business
New Sears Closure Announced In Hudson Valley New Sears Closure Announced In Hudson Valley
New Sears Closure Announced In Hudson Valley Another one bites the dust. A new Sears location in the Hudson Valley is set to shut its doors amid massive nationwide closures of traditional brick-and-mortar stores. Sears at the Poughkeepsie Galleria will be the latest to close, with signs going up reading “store closing sale,” and “everything must go” throughout the store. Transformco, Sears’ parent company, has been liquidating dozens of Sears and Kmart locations after acquiring the assets of Sears Holding Corporation last year. No official date has been set for the Poughkeepsie closing. Sears and Kmart have closed thousands of job…

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by Zak Failla
North Salem
Police & Fire
Woman Accused Of Stealing From Kmart In Northern Westchester Woman Accused Of Stealing From Kmart In Northern Westchester
Woman Accused Of Stealing From Kmart In Northern Westchester A woman has been charged after police say she stole merchandise from Kmart in Northern Westchester. Yorktown Police responded to Kmart (355 Downing Drive) on a report of larceny on Friday, Nov. 22 around 2:30 p.m. Upon arrival, officers spoke with the store’s Loss Prevention associates and determined that Tiesha Lee, 25, of Peekskill had allegedly stolen $86.05 worth of assorted merchandise on Sunday, Oct. 27. Lee was arrested and transported to headquarters, where she was charged with petit larceny, a Class A misdemeanor. Lee was released on her own recognizance and is scheduled to appea…

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by Valerie Musson
Nassau
Business
Closure Of Bohemia Store Will Leave Long Island With Just One Kmart Closure Of Bohemia Store Will Leave Long Island With Just One Kmart
Closure Of Bohemia Store Will Leave Long Island With Just One Kmart Another one bites the dust. The latest round of store closing by Kmart’s parent company, Transformco, which purchased the assets of Sears Holding Corporation earlier this year, will leave Long Island with just one Kmart location, as the Bohemia store is set to shutter its doors. That store is expected to begin motions to close its doors next month. The only remaining Kmart location on Long Island will be on Montauk Highway in Bridgehampton. "Since purchasing substantially all the assets of Sears Holdings Corporation in February 2019, Transformco has faced a difficult retail environment an…

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by Zak Failla
Essex NJ
News
West Orange Kmart Closing Next Year, Liquidation Sale To Start In December West Orange Kmart Closing Next Year, Liquidation Sale To Start In December
West Orange Kmart Closing Next Year, Liquidation Sale To Start In December The holding company that owns Sears and Kmart announced that dozens of the struggling retailers' stores will be closed down for good in February 2020, including the Kmart store on Prospect Avenue in West Orange, USA Today reported.   The once ubiquitous retailers have struggled to stay afloat since the turn of the century, with more than 3,500 Kmart and Sears stores closing down in the last 15 years.  A total of 51 Sears stores and 45 Kmart locations across the United States will shut down in the latest round of closures.  A going-out-of-business sale is scheduled to be…

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by Paul Milo
Lewisboro
Police & Fire
Woman Accused Of Stealing $333 From Kmart In Westchester Woman Accused Of Stealing $333 From Kmart In Westchester
Woman Accused Of Stealing $333 From Kmart In Westchester A woman has been charged with petit larceny after police say she stole more than $300 worth of merchandise from Kmart in Yorktown. Yorktown Police say they responded to Kmart (355 Downing Drive) on a report of a larceny on Tuesday, Sept. 24 around 6 p.m. Further investigation revealed that Cathleen Greico, 69, of Yorktown Heights stole assorted merchandise valuing $333.48 from the store, according to police. Greico was arrested and charged with petit larceny, a Class A misdemeanor. She was released on her own recognizance and is scheduled to appear in Yorktown Justice Court on Thursday, Oc…

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by Valerie Musson
Yorktown
Business
Kmart In Yorktown Heights Closing Its Doors Kmart In Yorktown Heights Closing Its Doors
Kmart In Yorktown Heights Closing Its Doors The Kmart in Yorktown Heights in the Yorktown Green Shopping Center is closing its doors in mid-December, according to store officials.  "After careful review, we have made the difficult but necessary decision to close the Kmart store in Yorktown Heights," said company spokesman Larry Costello. "The liquidation sale is expected to begin in mid-September and the store is planned to close by mid-December. We encourage customers to continue shopping on Kmart.com for all their product needs." Although Costello did not say how many employees would lose their jobs, a WARN notice to the sta…

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by Kathy Reakes
South Passaic
Business
REPORT: Kmart Shutters Wayne Store REPORT: Kmart Shutters Wayne Store
Report: Kmart Shutters Wayne Store The Kmart in Wayne is among the four latest locations to shutter, according to a recent report. The Hamburg Turnpike store, along with the Trenton, Wall and Somers Point locations, will have liquidation sales in mid-September, Kmart/Sears spokesman Larry Costello said. A Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice has not been filed by the company with the state.  Sears Holdings, a Kmart parent company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and has been closing several stores across the U.S. -- more locally in Elmwood Park, Willowbrook Mall, Paramus Park and more. Click here f…

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by Cecilia Levine
Nassau
Business
New Kmart Store Closure Announced On Long Island New Kmart Store Closure Announced On Long Island
New Kmart Store Closure Announced On Long Island A Long Island Kmart will close this fall. The Kmart store at 2280 North Ocean Ave in the Expressway Plaza in Farmingville will close for "economic" reasons, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing submitted to the New York State Department of Labor. The store closing will affect 91employees. The employee separations will occur Nov. 13 or during a 14-day period starting on that date, said the notice. A Transform statement about store closings dated Aug. 6 said 26 large-format Sears and Kmart store would be closing in late…

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by Donna Christopher
Mount Pleasant
Police & Fire
Employee Accused Of Stealing Items From Kmart In Yorktown Multiple Times, Police Say Employee Accused Of Stealing Items From Kmart In Yorktown Multiple Times, Police Say
Employee Accused Of Stealing Items From Kmart In Yorktown Multiple Times, Police Say An employee at a Kmart in Northern Westchester has been charged with larceny after police say she stole from the store multiple times. Yorktown Police say they responded to Kmart (355 Downing Drive in Yorktown) on a report of a larceny on Wednesday, Aug. 21 around 2:45 p.m. Further investigation revealed that Octavia Sobers, 52, of Mount Vernon, stole items from the store on Monday, July 29, Monday, Aug. 5 and Sunday, Aug. 18, police say. Sobers was arrested, transported to Yorktown Police Department and charged with petit larceny, a Class A misdemeanor. Sobers was released on her own rec…

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by Valerie Musson
Mount Pleasant
Business
Sears Announces This Westchester Store Will Be Latest To Close Sears Announces This Westchester Store Will Be Latest To Close
Sears Announces This Westchester Store Will Be Latest To Close This story has been updated. As Sears continues to struggle to survive in a market filled with instant deliveries and the internet, the company announced on Wednesday, June 5, that another of its Westchester stores will close its doors. “As we continue to evaluate our store network and invest in our best stores, the Sears store in Yonkers at Cross Country Shopping Center did not meet our go-forward criteria," a Sears company spokesperson told Daily Voice. The store will close in late July and the store liquidation sale will start around Thursday, June 6, the spokesperson said. "We invite …

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by Kathy Reakes