Grand re-opening of the Sears store in Herkimer

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By GARY LIBERATORE

Story Created: Nov 22, 2008 at 5:15 PM EST

Story Updated: Nov 22, 2008 at 7:20 PM EST

HERKIMER, N.Y. (WKTV) - A huge grand re-opening of the Sears store in Herkimer was held Saturday morning.

A ribbon cutting took place at exactly 10:00 with many area political leaders on hand to congratulate the new local owners.

The store has been there for 12 years, and the new owners, Richard and Terry Virkler say it was tough to get financing to buy the store, it actually took them more than a year to do so.

The Virklers say the competition in the area is strong, competing with big box stores like Lowes, but they believe being locally owned, they hope to provide better service to customers.

And even in this current economic climate, they expect to do well, because they say everyone needs appliances.

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