When the Kmart in Avenel, New Jersey, closes its doors on April 16, it will leave only three remaining U.S. locations for the former retail powerhouse
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Time travel and the Bluelight Special
The last thing I ever bought from Kmart was a Route 66 hooded sweatshirt, fleece lined everywhere, including the sleeves.The Cadillac of hoodies, the Route 66. And it would have to be just that special to lure me into Auburn’s Kmart, a place I had generally avoided for years.It is not that I did not […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Bidding Kmart adieu
We take no glee in your going-out-of-business sale, but 10% to 70% off? OK, if we must.
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Auburn Kmart to stay open despite another round of store closings
Sears Holdings is closing the Kmart in Waterville as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan. The Kmart on Center Street in Auburn is not on a list of 40 stores — 29 Sears and 11 Kmart sites — published by USAToday. Waterville is the only Maine location to lose a store. In October, Sears Holdings […]
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Auburn Kmart survives another round of closings
Sears Holdings Corp. kicked off another fiscal year with declining sales from a dwindling number of stores, and more closings are on the way. The operator of Sears and Kmart stores posted a first-quarter loss of $3.93 a share, Hoffman Estates, Illinois-based Sears said Thursday. Revenue fell due to fewer stores and a 12 percent […]
Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Frances M. Bowie
LEWISTON — Frances M. Bowie, 81, formerly of Surry Lane, Lewiston, died Saturday, Feb. 17, at Russell Park Rehab and Living Center, where she had been a resident. Born in Rumford on July 19, 1936, she was the daughter of Lorien and Marcia Elms Bowie. She moved to the local area at a young age and […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Kmart smart
Good news, everyone! Kmart is sticking around. At least the one in Auburn. At least for right now. Huzzah! Kmart is one of those places that’s easy to take for granted because it’s just always been there. Like your grandmother’s kitchen. But with less lemon cake and more Craftsman tool sets. So this week, Shopping […]
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The Buzz: Auburn Kmart lives — the store isn’t on the nationwide chopping block
This week the Buzz is starting off on a positive negative note. Or a negative positive note? Either way, the Auburn Kmart isn’t closing, which seems like good news. USA Today published a full list of Sears and Kmart closings late Thursday that doesn’t include the Auburn store, but does include the Bangor Mall Sears. […]
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Auburn Kmart not on closure list
AUBURN — The Kmart here is not one of the 28 Kmarts that owner Sears plans to close nationally. Sears officials announced the list of 28 stores slated for closure Thursday afternoon. None are in Maine. Over the last few years, hundreds of Sears and Kmart locations have been shuttered as the retailer seeks financial […]
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Wilton woman pleads guilty to Auburn Kmart robbery
AUBURN — A Wilton woman pleaded guilty to robbery in Androscoggin County Superior Court on Wednesday for having attempted to forcefully take money from a man cashing his check at the service desk at the Auburn Kmart in March. According to the Auburn police affidavit, Elizabeth Ross tried to steal cash from a customer, John Thomson, […]