Wave of Black Friday Deals Coming to Cuyahoga Falls, Stow

Here are the best Black Friday/doorbuster deals around.

If you're going to brave the waves of shoppers on Black Friday, you may need a little help (and a lot of patience). Big-box stores are opening earlier than ever before in Cuyahoga Falls and Stow, creating a sort of "gray" Thursday on Thanksgiving Day. Toys "R" Us and Walmart open their doors at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving. Target opens at 9 p.m. Many others open at midnight or very early Friday morning. Several stores are offering scores of doorbusters. Many are also advertising online deals, which include free shipping. Here's everything you need to know about Black Friday. Read on for more specific deal information. We’ve highlighted popular Black Friday spots and included “sweetest deals.” TOYS "R" US: 8 p.m. Thursday       Sweetest deal: …

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Black Friday Shopping Hours in Cuyahoga Falls

Did we miss your favorite store? Tell us in the comments.

Thanksgiving is upon us, which means Black Friday is quickly approaching. If you live in Cuyahoga Falls, chances are you'll be out shopping. Here's a list of Black Friday opening hours for stores you requested on the Cuyahoga Falls Patch Facebook page. Don't see your favorite store? Submit it in the Comments. Barnes Sewing Center: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Best Buy: 12 a.m. Burlington Coat Factory: 6 a.m. Chapel Hill Mall: 12 a.m. Home Depot: 5 a.m. La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries: 9 a.m. Lil Frog Fashions: 3 p.m. Round 2 Kids: 12 p.m. Staples: 5 a.m. Target: Thanksgiving evening, 9 p.m. Toys R Us: Thanksgiving evening, 8 p.m. Wal-Mart (Stow): Open 24 hours through Thanksgiving and Black Friday.

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Black Friday a Little Less Crazy than Usual

There was a midnight rush at Best Buy, but longer hours have stretched out crowds a bit.

The weather outside was not frightful, and for the most part neither was the shopping early Friday. A tour of Fairlawn, Cuyahoga Falls and Stow between 7 and 9 a.m. Friday morning found malls and shopping area busy but not overwhelmed by a crushing sea of humanity and cars. Sherry McCrossin of Cuyahoga Falls, on her second tour of duty Friday morning, said the midnight crowd at Best Buy, 445 Howe Ave., was "crazy." Later in the morning, about 8:30, the traffic was light and the parking lot about half full. By 8 a.m. Friday, the tent city that had sprouted outside the Best Buy was gone.  The Target and Kohl's stores on Kent Road in Stow were steady but sane at about 8 Friday morning. Summit Mall in Fairlawn was much the same at 7:30: Busy …

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Susan Ruiz Patton

11:46 am on Friday, November 25, 2011

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Campers Hunker down for Black Friday

Tents in the cold November rain outside Best Buy.