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Leon Ward stands in Ward’s Neighborhood Market in Lewiston shortly after he became the owner in 2016.
Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal file photo
LEWISTON More than a week after popular store owner Leon Ward died suddenly, Ward’s Neighborhood Market will reopen for business.
Ward’s family posted a message to the store Facebook page announcing the store will open again at 8 a.m. Saturday. It has been closed for several days.
Ward, 50, died Wednesday, April 7, leaving his family and store employees scrambling to keep the market open. Days later, they announced they would close the general store, butcher shop and deli for several days in honor of Ward.
Working: Leon Ward, from longtime employee to new owner sunjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sunjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.