In 1926, Len Libby began making candy again and selling it out of his home, and then his first store, on Higgins Beach, making Len Libby’s Candies the third oldest business in Scarborough, Maine. Len Libby sold his store to Dr. Fernand Hemond in 1949, but stayed on to teach Dr. Hemond’s son, Fern, the art of candy making. Young Fern bought the candy store from his father in 1956 and kept the Len Libby name to honor the man who had become known as the Dean of Maine Candymakers.