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Hamden hardware store to close after 75 years in business

Outside of Spring Glen Hardware store on 1666 Whitney Ave in Hamden, CT. Photo taken by Jordan Schenkman/HQNN

Residents and locals may have noticed a large “Going Out of Business Sale” sign appearing in the window of Hamden’s historical Spring Glen Hardware & Appliance this past Monday.  Located over on Whitney Avenue, the family-owned home improvement store is closing down after being open for nearly 75 years.  Frank Landino began working at the…

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Hamden businesses hope students bring relief

Gino Aydogdu, one of the owner's of Tonino's Pizzeria in Hamden, Connecticut, is seen in his store on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. He said that since students have started moving back into Quinnipiac University across the street, sales have gone up significantly. (Photo by Stephen MacLeod)

Hamden businesses are welcoming back college students after they didn’t return to the QU campus after spring break as the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the region. Gino Aydogdu, co-owner of Tonino’s Pizza on Whitney Avenue, said that he was not prepared with how quickly things changed. “It was pretty sudden,” he said. “(Students) left for spring…