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Article: Book closing on Half Moon Bay's Moon News
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- April 12, 2009
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HALF MOON BAY -- In a small town like Half Moon Bay, the death of
a bookstore is like losing a friend.
For Mark Sipowicz, owner of the soon-to-be closed Moon News
Bookstore, saying goodbye to the customers he has known for the past
12 years has been like losing an entire family -- and the home they
built together.
"It's been humbling to stand here every day and listen to people
express their disappointment and say, 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry. What
are we going to do?'" said Sipowicz, who is sad, not bitter, about
the toll the local economy has taken on his business.
The 45-year-old father of two has occasionally found it hard to
come to work this month as the countdown continues to the ...