Colorado Springs Ace Hardware stores are teaming up with a local garden store to help customers compost yard waste. Ace Hardware and Don’s Garden Shops are helping local residents by making it easier to compost. Ace Hardware will provide free …
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Mike Frattallone Receives Awards for Commitment to Philanthropy
Mike Frattallone, co-owner of Frattallone’s Ace Hardware, has earned two separate awards for his dedication to philanthropy. Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, a charity that raises vital funds and awareness for 170 member hospitals, announced Frattallone will be named its Local …
Read More »Thomes Brothers Hardware Celebrates 125 Years
A fifth-generation hardware store in Arlington, Minnesota, is celebrating 125 years of service in the local community. Current owner Dick Thomes, who has worked at the store since he was 12 years old, says his great-grandfather, Nick Thomes, opened the …
Read More »Basler’s Ace Hardware Owner Retires
Jeff Basler, owner of Basler’s Ace Hardware is retiring. Basler will close the store which is located in Oregon. According to SaukValley.com business was brisk Tuesday morning as a steady stream of customers took advantage of the store’s going-out-of-business sale. To read …
Read More »Pro Group Hands Out Honors
Hardware retailing is a tough business, but a few independent retailers are seeing plenty of success. They’re being honored by the Denver-based PRO Group with its annual Paul L. Cosgrave Memorial and PRO Hardware Retailer of the Year awards. This …
Read More »Carr’s Hardware Honored with First-Ever Recognition
Carr’s Hardware and owner Darlene Scott have been honor with the Marysville Historical Society’s first-ever certificate of recognition. According to local newspaper the Marysville Goble, Marysville’s Historical Society President Ken Cage moved to town in 1965, the same year that …
Read More »Ace Hardware Honors 2014 Coolest Hardware Stores
Ace Hardware Corporation is proud to recognize six local Ace Hardware stores with the company’s fourth-annual “Coolest Hardware Store” awards. Of 4,850 locally owned and operated Ace Hardware stores worldwide, these six winners were named as winners of this prestigious …
Read More »Woodson Lumber Company Celebrates 100-Year Anniversary
Woodson Lumber Company is celebrating 100 years in service this year. According to local newspaper, The Eagle, one hundred years ago, two Missouri brothers made their way to the Brazos Valley, where they settled in and took over a lumber …
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