The Menlo Park Barnes & Noble just resigned their lease for another five years.
It's going to be good news for Woodbridge and area residents. Barnes & Noble will not be closing its Menlo Park Mall store. The Woodbridge Patch story that the bookstore chain will be closing at least 20 stores a year over the next ten years generated a response from the corporation. "We extended the lease on our Menlo Park store through 2018," said B&N spokeswoman Mary Ellen Keating. "We are not closing and plan to serve the community for many years to come." It was a welcome relief for Woodbridge bookreaders. Since Borders closed its last store in Woodbridge Center in 2011, the township with almost 100,000 hasn't had a new bookstore to serve its devoted readers. The Menlo Park Mall B&N store has been the closest book lovers could go to …
The hearty little bookstore in Woodbridge Center will soon be a victim of the parent company's inability to find a buyer.
Ted and Valerie Przyborowski are snowbirds - winters in Florida, summers in their Clark home. When Ted decided to spend a Borders gift card given to him by a family member, he headed on over to Borders Express in Woodbridge Center and picked up some Dickens, a few Austins, a Faulkner and a copy of Beowulf. The day he chose to trade his gift card for a pile of books was the same day that the parent company of Borders announced that, not having found a white knight to rescue their distressed stores, they were finally throwing in the towel. By September, or sooner if the merchandise sells off during the store liquidation, the Borders Express in Woodbridge Center will be no more. "It's always sad when a book store closes," said Ted …
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6:49 am on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
I've patronized this store for many years and am happy to hear it will still be around. Be aware that also within an easy drive we have one of the best used bookstores in the universe with the 'Cranbury Bookworm' in downtown Cranbury . I went there with my dad for the first time a half a century ago and and continue to go there regularly. more ›