Under the agreement, Green Thumb Industries Inc., one of the largest U.S. cannabis producers, will lease space from Circle K locations.
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Circle K fights to keep its cigarette sales lit
Cigarettes aren’t extinguished yet, and one of America’s biggest convenience-store chains wants to squeeze what it can from that shrinking market. Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., the Canadian owner of Circle K stores, launched a “Tobacco Club” earlier this year in the U.S. that offers discounts on Marlboro packs and other products to more than 4 million […]
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Hollis man sentenced to two years for assaulting police officers
PARIS — A Hollis man was sentenced Thursday at Oxford County Superior Court to two years in prison for assaulting two police officers and stealing the shirt off a Circle K clerk in Mexico in 2015. Robert Keoskie, 43, pleaded guilty to two felony counts of assaulting an officer, and misdemeanor counts of assault and […]
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Cailin M. Currivan
1989 – 2016 RUMFORD — Cailin Michele Currivan, 26, of Rumford passed away unexpectedly on Saturday Feb. 27. She was born in Norwalk, Conn., on Nov. 25, 1989, a daughter of Thomas K. Currivan Jr. and Michele A. (Phelan) Currivan. Cailin attended St. Theresa’s Grammar School in Trumbull, Conn., and graduated from Trumbull High School […]
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Jay man charged with Circle K robbery
GREENE — Police arrested a Jay man in the Circle K robbery last month, and investigators didn’t have to go very far. Police said Thomas John Mulkern, 29, of 6 Jewell St., was already in the Androscoggin County Jail on charges involving a scuffle with Auburn police on the day of the heist. In that […]
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DEP: Rumford diesel fuel spill estimated at 180 gallons
RUMFORD — A Dead River Co. tanker spilled an estimated 180 gallons of diesel fuel Thursday night in the parking lot of Circle K on Bridge Street after overflowing the underground tank while filling it, a state official said Friday afternoon in Augusta. Karl Wilkins, acting communications director of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, […]
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Rumford firefighters, DEP called to large diesel fuel spill at Circle K
RUMFORD — Rumford firefighters were called to the Circle K gas station and convenience store on Bridge Street early Thursday evening for a fuel spill. On arrival, they learned from the Dead River Co. driver that he was delivering gasoline and diesel fuel and “had an issue” with its diesel fuel tank, fire Deputy Chief […]
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Convicted sex offender charged with gross sexual assault
PARIS — A homeless man with ties to the area was arrested after police said he assaulted a local woman Sunday evening. Scott A. Britton, 43, with no listed residence, was arrested by Paris police Officer Raymond Paar around midnight Sunday on Main Street in connection with an incident at a Main Street apartment earlier in […]
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Police release description of Bethel armed robber
BETHEL — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office has released a description of a man wanted in an armed robbery at a gas station over the weekend. He is described as in his mid-to-late 20s, possibly with blue eyes, wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt, black pants and grey gloves. According to Oxford County Chief Deputy Hart […]
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Man found dead at Mexico standoff identified
MEXICO — Maine State Police identified the man who died Sunday evening following a shootout and standoff with police as Steven R. Piirainen, 52, of Paris, Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland said. McCausland said the two officers who fired at Piirainen were Maine State Police Trooper Paul Casey and Mexico reserve officer Dean Benson. […]