PORTLAND — A Dunkin’ Donuts store owner met Wednesday with a Portland college student and activist who called out the business on social media after a store employee refused to serve her Somali-speaking family and then called police following an argument in the drive-thru lane. Hamdia Ahmed, 20, said she felt that the employee discriminated […]
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Dunkin' to get rid of 'Donuts' but not the doughnuts
Dunkin’ is dropping the donuts – from its name, anyway. Doughnuts are still on the menu, but the company is renaming itself “Dunkin”‘ to reflect its increasing emphasis on coffee and other drinks. The change will officially take place in January, when the new name will start appearing on napkins, boxes and signs at its […]
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Lewiston residents want parking, not doughnuts
LEWISTON — The neighborhood likes Dunkin’ Donuts, but it loves its parking more. During a City Council workshop Tuesday, it became clear that residents of the neighborhood near Main and Elm streets are largely opposed to a new Dunkin’ Donuts at 420 Main St., but only because it could strip away parking along the street […]
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Dunkin’ Donuts considers moving up Main Street
Abutters near 420 Main St. in Lewiston are having a hearing Wednesday for the city to get input on any concerns with potential traffic pattern changes in that area. David Hediger, director of planning and code enforcement, said the owner of the Dunkin’ Donuts across from Central Maine Medical Center may be interested in building […]
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The Buzz: New business trade show and maybe-Dunkin’ news?
It’s a short, holiday-week mini-Buzz with one happening and one maybe-happening. On Thursday, Travis Dow will host the new Maine Business to Business Trade Show at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. It’s open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and entry is free with a business card. Dow has 60 vendors coming from around the state […]
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Bethel getting a Dunkin' Donuts
Construction of the new Dunkin Donuts on Lincoln Street in Bethel. It’s one of the first chain businesses to be built in the area. (Samuel Wheeler/The Bethel Citizen) A Dunkin’ Donuts is under construction on Lincoln Street in Bethel. It’s one of the first chain businesses to be built in the area. (Samuel Wheeler/The Bethel […]
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Dunkin' Donuts named Business of Month
NORWAY — The Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce’s membership committee announces that Dunkin’ Donuts of Oxford is the May Business of the Month. The Dunkin’ Donuts in Welchville Junction is one of three “DD Green” certified locations in the state of Maine. The DD Green achievement focuses on three main themes: energy, water and health, […]
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Ernest Vernon Bent
RUMFORD — Ernest Vernon Bent, age 73, of Hancock Street in Rumford, passed away on Saturday, June 2, at Rumford Hospital after a long and courageous battle with COPD and dementia. Ernest was born March 23, 1945, in Chelsea, Mass., the son of Albert and Alice (Hamilton) Bent. He attended Chelsea schools. Ernest entered the Army, […]
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Police release photos of suspect in Auburn Dunkin' Donuts robbery
AUBURN — Police on Thursday released still photos from surveillance video of a man suspected of robbing a Dunkin’ Donuts in New Auburn on Wednesday. The suspect was described as a white man, between 20 and 30 years old, 5 feet, 5 inches tall. He was wearing a dark, hooded sweatshirt and a cap, police […]
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Auburn Dunkin’ Donuts robbed at gunpoint
[UPDATE: Police release photos of suspect in Auburn Dunkin’ Donuts robbery] AUBURN — A pair of Dunkin’ Donuts clerks locked themselves in a back office late Wednesday after a man with a gun entered the business demanding money. The young women were not hurt in the 9 p.m. stickup. The suspect made off only with a […]