Mr. Paperback, which operates 10 stores around Maine, will close down by the end of April and lay off 80 full-time and part-time employees after more than 50 years in business. “It makes me really sad,” former Augusta store manager Helen Paganucci told the Kennebec Journalover the weekend. “I wish there were some way to keep it open.” Penny Robichaud, who co-owns Mr. Paperback with siblings Ralph Foss and Pamela Williams (another sibling, Robert Foss, retired several years earlier; the store was founded by their parents, John & Evelyn Foss) told the Bangor Daily News they are in negotiations to […]
