After 42 years in business, Susan and Barnaby Porter are selling Maine Coast Book Shop and Cafe in Damariscotta to Jeff Curtis, right, owner of Sherman's Maine Books & Stationery. Maria Boord, left, will run the adjacent cafe. Their dog is appropriately named Sherman.
Colleen Rego of Boothbay examines a book at Maine Coast Book Shop and Cafe in Damariscotta. The business will be changing hands soon as Susan and Barnaby Porter are selling the store to Jeff Curtis, owner of Sherman's Maine Books & Stationery.
Susan Porter, current owner of Maine Coast Book Shop and Cafe, talks with customer Bob Crink of Edgecomb in the sale section of the Damariscotta store.
Sticky notes with comments about books line the edge of a bookshelf in the staff picks section of Maine Coast Book Shop and Cafe.
Joan Russo of Scarborough reads the jacket of a hardcover book in the best seller section of Maine Coast Book Shop and Cafe.
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