50-year-old hardware store closes without notice

Rutland shoppers will have to get used to seeing one more empty storefront downtown. A hardware store that has served residents for more than a half-century suddenly closed its doors for good yesterday. As hard as it was for some to take the loss of another local business, some shoppers were even more rattled by the fact that no notice had been given. One man did say that he was in the store recently and noticed there wasn't as much merchandise on the shelves as he was acustomed to seeing.