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Foster's Toys and Party Center Closing For Good, Report Says

A longtime Doylestown business is shuttering its doors for good.

A longtime Doylestown business is closing its doors for good.

Foster's Toys and Party Center is going out of business in the next few weeks, the Bucks County Courier Times reports.

The store had recently reopened in a new location on North Main Street, however, the high cost of rent and stiff online competition has prompted owner Gene D'Argenio to close permanently, the report said.

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The toy and party store sold gifts, party supplies, Halloween costumes, props, balloons, streamers and more. It originally opened on South Main Street in 1949 and was called Foster's Toy and Cycle Shop, the Courier Times reports.

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