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“I wouldn’t be surprised if we don’t have 30 to 40 customers in the store at a time,” Regena Balaz, Ace Hardware employee, said. On a normal, snowless day, Balaz says the store will probably only see ...

News Center 7′s Mason Fletcher spoke to hardware store employees who said not to wait too long to pick up your supplies. “I wouldn’t be surprised if we don’t have 30 to 40 customers in the store at a ...