GOULDSBORO — The first big change at Tuttles on Route 1 was the exterior color. It went from decades of being yellow to blue and now gray. The second big change is its use. It is now West Bay Antiques and located just around the corner from West Bay Road heading east.
The former convenience store with its signature “Tetley” signs in the display windows also is home to the owner, Don Emond.
Emond moved here from Southington, Conn., this month after purchasing the building several years ago.
“I had been coming here for years and bought this a few years ago,” he said. “I always liked it here.”
Emond brought with him a store full of antiques and is beginning to purchase more furniture and other goods in the area.
His inventory ranges from wood-carved beds and a tall, narrow antique tool chest to paintings by local artists and locally made pottery.
Emond had a painting and wallpaper business in Connecticut, but is now selling antiques full time.
“I have always loved old antiques,” he said. “If I was retired, this is what I would be doing.”
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