Pear-aphernalia Finds New Buyer to Keep Downtown Doors Open

In the past several weeks, customers of the trendy decor shop Pear-aphernalia in downtown Northville rummaged through the store for clearance deals on products to decorate their homes as the business prepared to close its doors.

More recent developments, however, appear to indicate the business might stick around for a while.

A note outside the store indicates the business found new owners and the store will remain open with the same products under new management, replacing a sign last week advertising a clearance sale.

"Pear-aphernalia has been sold and will soon reopen under new management," the note read. "Same name. Same store. Same great product lines."

Previous owners Pat Stempien and Lori Finnegan thanked patrons of the store for 12 years of patronage.

"We had 12 successful years because of your continued support," the note reads. "It is now time for us to move on to different phases of our lives."