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Fans of Starbucks coffee can rest easy as the Seattle, Wash., chain skipped over Rhode Island in a recently announced store-closure plan.

Starbucks this week named the 600 stores it will close around the country and no Rhode Island locations appeared on the list. Starbucks loyalists in Massachusetts are not so lucky, as the company will close seven stores in the Bay State, included ones in the Emerald Square mall in North Attleboro and Dartmouth Mall in North Dartmouth.

The chain said it will also close five stores in Connecticut, two in Maine and one in New Hampshire. The state with the most closings is California, with 88, followed by Florida with 59. Washington, where Starbucks is based, will lose 19 stores. The company hopes to be finished with the closings by March.

The Starbucks Web site lists 19 stores or kiosks in Rhode Island, with a 20th on the way in Warwick.

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