WORCESTER — After 43 years of outfitting outdoors people, New England Backpacker is packing its bags and closing its doors forever.Owners Wayne Ridley, 73, of Leicester, and Bill White, 76, of Rutland, said the decision to end their business had nothing to do with the pandemic.“I’m tired,” Ridley said. “It’s time to retire.”“I’d work for many more years,” White said, “but it reaches a time […]
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