PATTERSON — Last November marked five years in business for the Family Dollar store on Catherine Street. But the store was open for only a couple of months more. A fire, which authorities said was started the night of Jan. 1 by a 12-year-old boy for no reason they could determine, closed the store for the next eight months while repairs were underway. The store that now employs five people again was out of action, and neighbors hit hard by a local economic downturn lost a place to buy groceries and inexpensive household items. Large sheets of plywood covered the big display ...