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If you needed fishing gear, clothes line, flame-proof paint, a child's birthday present and a brake light bulb, where else (other than a Big Box) can you get it in one location, without waiting for someone to mail it to you and paying for shipping? RI'ers tendency to be too lazy to drive "all the way" to the store doesn't help, either.

Getting new jobs won't be easy for their staff in RI's economic climate, either.

I believe another part of the reason is the shifting demographic resulting from the younger generations not exactly being "DIY" types and the aging of the store's most loyal customers.

Another RI institution gone as a result of "progress". Thanks for all the years of service and best wishes to the owners, employees and their loved ones.