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CHESTER, N.Y.--Ames Department Stores bumped its store count up to 300 by opening units at nine former Jamesway locations to enthusiastic crowds April 18, a day blessed by a favorable turn in the weather The grand openings were held here and in Wrightstown, N.J.; Catskill, Liberty, Monticello and Napanoch, N.Y.; and Brodheadsville, Stroudsburg and Thorndale, Pa.
The $2.1 billion chain had closed 17 underperforming units earlier this year,...