The American Science & Surplus location in the northwest Chicago suburb of Park Ridge is set to close for good after one last day of business Tuesday. The flagship store at 27 Northwest Hwy. in Uptown ...

American Science and Surplus is closing its mail order warehouse and website, but the physical stores may continue under employee ownership. The retailer offering everything from telescopes to a ...

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American Science and Surplus, an 88-year-old company with locations in Wisconsin and Illinois, launched a GoFundMe to address financial challenges. While sales have been down since the COVID-19 ...

Workers at a Park Ridge store are putting up the closed sign today…for good. “We’re all very over the store closing.” Outside American Science and Surplus here in Park Ridge hangs a sign that reads ...

Owner Patrick Meyer says that he'll be selling the business to his workers at the Geneva store and the one here in Milwaukee. American Science and Surplus has been around for nearly 90 years and it's ...

For nearly 90 years, American Science and Surplus has been shipping out weird and wonderful stuff to customers far and wide. In the pre-Internet days, getting their latest catalog in the mail — ...

Despite a nearly $195,000 GoFundMe campaign, the company was unable to relocate its warehouse. The company's owner is working to sell the physical store locations to employees. The final day to place ...