HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — For Statton Furniture’s third-generation president and the Hagerstown manufacturer’s craftsmen and customers, it was a sad time in late 2008 when the 82-year-old company sold off its machinery and tools, and shut its doors.

Who would guess that just a few months later, the venerable Statton name would be back in the furniture-making business?

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