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Riverhead Borders store will stay open

By Tim Gannon

TIM GANNON PHOTO | The Borders Books in Riverhead will not be one of the 200 stores closing after the company declared bankruptcy.

The Riverhead store will not be among the 200 stores Borders Books plans to close nationwide. The company declared bankruptcy on Wednesday and announced plans to close 30% of its stores nationwide.

The Westbury and Commack stores were the only Long Island stores that the company plans to close. The Riverhead Borders opened in 2003 .

Tim Gannon

Tim Gannon has been a reporter for Times Review Media Group since 1996 and has covered police, government, schools and more.He previously worked as a reporter for Suffolk Life, the Traveler-Watchman and The Whale. He is a graduate of the former Mercy High School in Riverhead and Southampton College.

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