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McCoy's Building Supply has broken ground on a new 18,000sq. ft. retail store with 22,000-sq. ft. drive-thru lumberyard in Floresville, Tx., for a July opening.

Lynn Lumbor, Lynn, Ma., has closed after 67 years and three generations of Kessel family ownership.

Rittenhouse Lumber & Mill. work, Erdenheim, Pa., lost its cutting shed in a Feb. 9 fire.

The storage structure was originally built in the early 1900s as a trolley stop for an old amusement park.

Aubuchon Hardware shuttered its branch in Bangor, Me. The location had been a haidware store since 1914.

SouthEastern Builder's Supply, Covington, Ga., has been renamed southEastern Appliances & More, to encourage more c0nsumer business.

True Value Hardware, takefield, Mn., owner Chad Koep is adding a 13,600-sq. ft. branch in Fairmont, Mn.

Habitat for Humanitv is remodeling H.A. Smith Lumb-er's former Farmington Hills, Mi., yard into a ReStore discount LBM ouilet.

Schreiner Ace Hardware added a fourth branch Feb. 1 in Worthington, 0h. (Michael Lynch, store mgr.).

True Value Hardware, Gloversville, N.Y., received planning board approval to add a new sign, a 720-sq. ft. display area, and a 1,036sq. ft. storage facility,

Lowe's submitted olans to build a roughly 99,000-sq. ft. store with 28,000-sq. ft. garden center in Dennis, Ma.

True Value Hardware & Appliances, Aiken, S.C., received a Preservation Award from the Historic Aiken Foundation for the recent restoration of its 12S-year-old buibing.

Bayou Gity Lumber, Houston, Tx., now sells rough cedar lumber to commercial and residential customers.

Southern Parallel Forest Products, formed bv Richard and Pahick Glazier, will restart the former Bowatei Lumber sawmill in Albertuilte, Al., in May.

Deltic Timber Co1p. agreed to buy the remaining 50% share in MDF plant Del-Tin Fiber, Et Dorado, Ar.

Anthony Timberlands is added a second shift at its southern pine sawmill in Bearden, Ar., starting Feb. 4.

RoyOMartin has purchased a fourth Coe dryer and second six-deck veneer dryer for its plant in Chopin, La., replacing the last of the facility's original dryers.

Simpson Strong.Tie acquired the TJ Shear Brace tine from Weyerhaeusei, to complement its Strong-Wall shear wall. SST will now handle all shear brace sales, while Weyco continues to dishibute the line in its 22 U.S. markets.

ProVia, Sugarcreek, Oh., now offers Heritage manufactured stone from its Heartland siding warehouse in Boone, Ms.

Kleer Lumber, Westsfield, Ma., received National Green Building Certification from the NAHB Research Center for itsiellular PVC him products.

Deceuninck North America, Monroe, Oh,, received code compliance research reports for its Clubhouse decking, Clubhouse Elite railing, and Clubhouse Plus railing.