Sears signage removed in Bethesda (Photos)

Workers have now finished removing the exterior signage at the closed Sears store at Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda. Despite the removal, the logos' lettering remains seared into the facade where the physical letters once were.

How Sears looks now in Bethesda

The entrances of Sears are now sealed off, since the venerable department store closed for good at Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda at 5:00 PM on January 20. I like the makeshift barricades of potted plants and furniture. It reminds me of the kind of blockades our corrupt Montgomery County Council might hastily throw up at the doors of 100 Maryland Avenue, when the FBI finally investigates their criminal activities and begins to make arrests.

We still haven't had literally the first investigation into the missing $7 million embezzled from County taxpayers this decade. Who else was in on it? Who knew what, when? Why was it covered up? Who else got some of the cash? Where's the money now? Is the Washington Post's Jennifer Barrios covering for them, or just the worst political reporter in America? There's no way, with so many County employees and officials knowing about this, that someone didn't blow the whistle to the Post. #ThingsThatMakeYouGoHmmm

Bethesda Sears store closes - Watch it close for the last time! (Video + Photos)

Sears has closed forever at Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda. The official closure date has been moved up repeatedly, from March to February, and now to January 20. In a last fake-out, signs in the store Sunday evening stated the store was closing in five days. However, all merchandise minus a few rugs and fixtures was gone, and store employees said yesterday was actually the last day. Now watch and listen to the final minutes of this store's life, and the final closing announcement as Sears closed for the final time:

A bin filled with promotional materials included an announcement for the venerable Wish Book, once a Christmas tradition in American mailboxes each fall. Fast Eddie Lampert killed the Wish Book a number of years ago, but brought it back halfheartedly in what would wind up being its final encore i 2018.