Steven Hutchinson, owner of Hutchinson's Dry Cleaner on Negley Avenue. The store was one of several that closed permanently during the tough business climate of 2021.

The havoc wreaked on some businesses by the coronavirus pandemic in 2021 was tempered by positive factors that also occurred in Butler County commerce.

County shoppers and consumers saw the closing in 2021 of Fudoli's Music Shop and the Second Time Around consignment shop on Main Street in Butler, Roxy's Diner on New Castle Road in Franklin Township, Mary's Cake, Candy and Party Supplies in Butler Township's Bon Aire Plaza, Hutchinson's Dry Cleaners on Negley Avenue in Butler and Early Years Community Learning Center in Connoquenessing Township.

Those businesses represented a total of nearly 300 years serving multiple generations of county consumers, especially in the case of Steven Hutchinson, whose grandfather opened the dry-cleaning business in 1926.

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