{"id":119038,"date":"2026-02-20T13:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/119038\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T13:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:16:10","slug":"easton-debuts-dollar-tree-the-lafayette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/119038\/","title":{"rendered":"Easton debuts Dollar Tree \u2013 The Lafayette"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo by Andreas Pelekis<\/a> for The Lafayette <\/p>\n

The Dollar Tree location is one of many within the city of Easton.<\/p>\n

A dollar store opened in Easton\u2019s South Side on Saturday, replacing a CVS that closed last year.<\/a> This marked\u00a0the second recent major retail opening for the neighborhood, which recently saw a new pharmacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The store, known nationally for affordable prices<\/a> and a $7 price cap on items, featured full shelves of food, baking supplies, children\u2019s toys and more. Situated at the entrance of the store was a belated Valentine\u2019s Day and early Easter display.<\/p>\n

A staff member at the store said the site is open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday, and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. for the rest of the week. The representative declined to comment further and deferred The Lafayette to a national media contact, who did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice to have something you can just do locally, and grab stuff quickly,\u201d said Troy Lister, an Easton resident who lives a few blocks away from the new Dollar Tree.<\/p>\n

He added that the CVS closure, where he used to shop often, \u201churt most people who are local.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lister, who was shopping for Q-tips, helped take down the racks in CVS when it closed as part of a task for his nonprofit company. He had initially hoped a restaurant might replace the CVS, but said the store is still helpful for \u201cquick, easy grabs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mary Rosado, a South Side resident, said that the new Dollar Tree location opening was more convenient for her family. Rosado said she originally came to purchase hair products, but was surprised by the variety of items available, including electronics and accessories.<\/p>\n

\"\"Dollar Tree offers a variety of items at a $7 or below price cap. (Photo by Andreas Pelekis<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cI was waiting for it,\u201d she said, adding that she previously had to go to a Family Dollar situated farther south from her home.<\/p>\n

The new opening adds Dollar Tree to the list of low-cost stores in the Greater Easton area: there is a Family Dollar located near Interstate 78 in the city\u2019s South Side, as well as one downtown near Center Square. Other Dollar Tree sites include locations in Forks Township and Palmer Township. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo by Andreas Pelekis for The Lafayette The Dollar Tree location is one of many within the city…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-119038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}