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Krispy Kreme is NOT leaving Auburn

AUBURN — Settle down, doughnut eaters. Krispy Kreme isn’t going anywhere. Rumors that the Auburn store is closing are completely unfounded, Krispy Kreme promised Thursday. In fact, those rumors have been so sticky and pervasive, company officials took to Facebook to sooth the sugar-craving masses. “Interestingly, there has been a rumor that this location may […]

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Time to make the doughnuts, family-style

Gordon Curtis, right, mixes the dry ingredients for some of the 1,200 doughnuts his family was making at his Lisbon Falls home Friday morning for Sunday’s 25th annual World’s Greatest Sleigh Ride from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 400 Main St. in Lisbon Falls. It’s sponsored by the Pejepscot Snow-Chiefs Snowmobile Club and the […]

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Try a twist on Valentine's Day

Embrace one of these unconventional ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day — with a sweetie or without For Valentine’s Day in three short days, sure, you could buy roses and heart-shaped chocolate. Or you could bait hooks and huddle around a hole in the ice, snuggling close in lawn chairs, touching base every so often to […]

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Video: Dunkin’ without the Donuts; chain debuts store of the future

QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — Dunkin’ without the Donuts? A new Dunkin’ Donuts store opening in the Boston suburb of Quincy is giving the idea a try, at least in name. Officials say the “next generation” store being unveiled Tuesday will be be billed simply as “Dunkin.” But the chain’s signature doughnuts aren’t going anywhere. The […]

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Maine's first Krispy Kreme opens in Saco

Alice Gagne, left, and her daughter Amanda Culbertson, both of Saco, were the first in line and each snagged a dozen glazed doughnuts at Krispy Kreme.  SACO – Sonia and Moe Damon rolled out of bed long before dawn Tuesday, wrapped themselves in jackets and blankets and headed outside to wait for doughnuts. The mother […]

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Bring on the mmm: Frosty’s opens its fifth doughnut shop in Lisbon

LISBON — Two years ago, Shelby and Nels Omdal eyed the former Something Fishy on Lisbon Street for a potential new Frosty’s Donuts. She wanted to go for it. He wanted to wait. The building sat empty for a while, and this winter, they finally agreed: the time for doughnuts was now. After extensive renovations […]