Ocean State Job Lot has acquired more than a dozen former Big Lots stores around the country, including one in Massachusetts, the company announced Wednesday. The retail chain said it is finalizing a deal to take over 15 Big Lots locations in New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont.

Ocean State Job Lot is taking over more than a dozen former Big Lots locations, bringing the discount retail chain to new communities across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic. Ocean State Job Lot has acquired 15 former Big Lots stores,

Nearly every Big Lots store has closed since the retailer filed for bankruptcy last year, but some are about to get a new life.