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Hand's Store In LBI To Close After 70 Years

Hand's Store is holding an "everything must go" sale until closure.

Hand's Store on Long Beach Island will close after nearly 70 years in business.
Hand's Store on Long Beach Island will close after nearly 70 years in business. (Google Earth)

LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, NJ — A longtime Long Beach Island will soon close permanently. Hand's Store is holding an "everything must go" sale before the department store shutters.

Hand's Store opened in 1952 on Long Beach Boulevard, in the North Beach Haven section of Long Beach Township.

The store is known for having everything a customer could want or need, from clothing to souvenirs to furniture. As the store says, "If we don't have it, you probably don't need it."

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A store manager told The Sandpaper he expects the business to stay open into April. The property has been sold, but specific details about the sale haven't been released.

Township officials did not have information on the future of the site when Patch inquired.

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