The store will open in the space formerly occupied by Christmas Tree Shops, next to Dick’s Sporting Goods. The Christmas Tree Shops location closed in August 2023.

144th district state Assembly member Paul Bologna, center, announces the kickoff of the annual district-wide Christmas in July Toy Drive on Wednesday at John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital.

Ben Hurd, who along with his namesake Christmas tree farm was an integral part of cherished holiday memories for generations of local families, has died. He was 93.