Van Cott Jewelers raises a toast for a fond farewell

Van Cott Jewelers raises a toast for a fond farewell

VESTAL, NY (WIVT/WBGH) - Van Cott Jewelers is raising a toast for a fond farewell as it prepares to close at the end of this week. Van Cott announced in April that it would be going out of business after 111 years following the retirement of owners Bill and Birdie Levine. Since then, shoppers have been snapping up deals as discounts have reached as high as 80 percent in recent days. Birdie Levine says longtime customers have been bringing in mem…