Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shops will open its 10th store, in the Saco Valley Shopping Center at 4 Scammon St. in Saco on Thursday, June 26, Saco Bay News reported. The new shop joins locations in Damariscotta, Boothbay Harbor, Freeport, Bar Harbor, Portland, Rockland, Topsham, Windham, and Falmouth.
Owners Jeff Curtis and Maria Boord Curtis said they chose the Saco location for their newest store because it felt like a walkable, neighborhood shopping center close to downtown and also had plenty of parking for those driving to the store, the Bay News wrote.
"This location is what called my name," Maria Boord Curtis noted.
"We're a complete bookstore," said Jeff Curtis. "People love to come to our stores and shop for birthday presents. There's a little bit of everything. People just love to browse in bookstores. The threat of the internet didn't hurt us. You can't browse on the internet like you can in a bookstore."
In anticipation of the location's upcoming debut, Sherman's posted on Instagram last week: "Saco is coming together! Check out how much work we've gotten done."