For the first time in nearly a century, Morley Avenue will be without a hardware store now that Robinson’s True Value is preparing to close its doors in Nogales.

“It is sad,” said Jim Capin, whose family purchased the store in the 1960s and who has owned it with his brother and brother-in-law since 1995. “The store has been here for a long, long time under different ownership.”

Like many other once-thriving businesses that have turned into empty storefronts in downtown Nogales, Robinson’s True Value can no longer make ends meet, Capin said.

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