Leading outdoor retailer closing 59 stores nationwide, including 2 in Mass.

After nearly six decades, one of the nation’s leading marine retailers is closing four New England stores — including two in Massachusetts.

West Marine, founded in 1968, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with plans to close at least 59 locations nationwide.

Among the closures is the company’s 32 Atlantic Ave. location in Marblehead — which has served the North Shore boating community for nearly two decades…

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