Westminster toy store likely to close due to mold damage

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Westminster toy store likely to close due to mold damage

By Marjorie Censer, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 15, 2006

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Carroll County Online

Westminster , MD

A downtown Westminster store will likely close because of mold and

water damage in the shop's Locust Lane location.

Sydney Shure, owner of ideas etc. toys etc. ltd., moved from her

previous location in 140 Village Shopping Center to downtown

Westminster in June. Now she said she intends to sell her

merchandise and then shut the nearly nine-year-old store for good.

A July inspection of the store paid for by Shure and conducted by

Westminster-based Mold Trackers found mold in the store's storage

room and in the attic. There was also mold in the basement, on the

ceiling drywall and on the insulation covering the attic's air duct

system, according to a report submitted by Mold Trackers.

Marcelli, owner of Mold Trackers, said there was visible water

damage and staining in Shure's store.

" It was quite obvious, " he said.

Landlord Rosenberg said the problem will be fairly easy to fix

and won't require Shure to leave the store. He said he already has

plans to repair a leak in the roof and fix the damaged areas of the

building next month.

Rosenberg said the repairs will cost no more than $6,000.

Mold flourishes in moist environments, so it's typically found in

buildings with leaks, said Zeleski, assistant director of

environmental health at the Carroll County Health Department.

Marcelli said it doesn't matter how old a building is, it simply

depends on the moisture.