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Last Days Of The Last Video Store In St. Johnsbury

Vermont Public | By Erica Heilman
Published June 6, 2019 at 9:46 AM EDT
The interior of the Video King store in St. Johnsbury with a yellow Liquidating sign hanging on the wall.
Erica Heilman
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For VPR
After 29 years, the Video King in St. Johnsbury is closing its doors and liquidating its inventory.

After 29 years, the last video store in St. Johnsbury is closing shop. Video King once had seven locations around the state, and now its last location in Vermont is selling off its inventory and closing.

Erica Heilman went to talk with owner Dawn Leroux about the store in its heyday, and its imminent last day.

Listen above to the story.
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Erica Heilman
Erica Heilman produces a podcast called Rumble Strip. Her shows have aired on NPR’s Day to Day, Hearing Voices, SOUNDPRINT, KCRW’s UnFictional, BBC Podcast Radio Hour, CBC Podcast Playlist and on public radio affiliates across the country. Rumble Strip airs monthly on Vermont Public. She lives in East Calais, Vermont.
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