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"Ames Department Stores, Inc (NASDAQ: AMES) announced today it would celebrate the grand opening of its newest New York location on October 19, 2000. The new store, located in the Albany suburb of Latham, is the second capital region store to open this year. With the opening of Ames&amp;#39; Latham store, located in New Loudon Center at 855 New Loudon Road, Ames&amp;#39; statewide presence increases to 96 retail stores. &amp;quot;We expect this store to be a great follow-up to the Schenectady store which opened earlier this year and has been a strong performer for us,&amp;quot; noted Joseph R. Ettore, chairman and CEO for Ames. The company will celebrate two additional grand openings on October 19, both in the greater Chicago area, to bring the chain&amp;#39;s total to 479 stores."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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