It was one of the most prominent companies that ever called south central Pennsylvania home, and now it’s just a memory.

Rite Aid announced in one simple line at the bottom of its homepage on its website that it has closed.

“All Rite Aid stores have now closed,” the short message reads. “We thank our loyal customers for their many years of support.”

The last two Rite Aid pharmacies closed on Sept. 29 in Bainbridge Island, Washington, and in Bend, Oregon.

The company announced in May that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for a second time.

But this time would be different.

This would be the beginning of the end of Rite Aid, a company that once called East Pennsboro Township in Cumberland County home for decades.

The company said at the time that at the end of the second

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