Jamesville, N.Y. - After 46-plus years of operating his small business in Jamesville, Robert Powell is retiring.

At 76, Powell said he decided it was time to close Jamesville Hardware, a fixture in the community at the hamlet’s busy four corners.

Powell sold the building to someone who he believes is setting up a photography business. He is winding down operations and selling the last of his inventory in a liquidation sale.

He will be open until he cleans out his stock. Then he’ll close up shop.

“I’m going to do what you are supposed to do when you retire - nothing,” Powell said. “That’s not what my wife has planned however. She has stuff for me to do around the house.”

Along with operating a retail hardware store, Powell also performed repairs of small appliances and engines, snowblo

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