All True Value stores remained open, since they were privately owned. In a a statement posted on Facebook, Kovarik Hardware ...

Binghamton Clinton Street business, Kovarik Hardware, will no longer be branded as a True Value store, effective April 1.

Yet it remains the epitome of a neighborhood hardware store. This is partly because the shop belongs to the ranks of True Value stores—that unique national co-op that allows independent hardware ...

Kovarik Hardware Co. in Binghamton has chosen to drop its True Value affiliation. The store will now be known as Kovarik Hardware Co. and will be supplied by Emery Jensen, an ACE distributor.