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Inviting shop has carved a cozy niche in Delaware
Sunday, June 27, 2010
BY STEVE STEPHENS
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
The owner of Beehive Books in Delaware at first resisted the idea of opening a store, despite spending 10 years as the manager of a "big-box" bookstore in Columbus. "I wasn't easily persuaded," said Mel Corroto, who once owned a coffeehouse in Youngstown.
But Corroto's would-be business partners - Linda and Joe Diamond - prevailed. The Diamonds have renovated several buildings in downtown Delaware, including the one that has housed Beehive Books since it opened in 2007.
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