1941 – 2016 TURNER — Mary H. Emerson, 74, of Upper Street in Turner, died early Sunday morning, April 17, at her home. She was born in Masardis on June 29, 1941, a daughter of Cyrus Lee and Exina Mary (Thibeault) Hafford. She was educated in schools in northern Maine. She moved to Turner in […]
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Better way to handle closings
A business has a right to cease operations because it is not profitable. Clearly, Dunkin’ Donuts and others have clocked Tim Horton’s in the U.S. and for very good reasons. I have to wonder how high up the corporate food chain do you go to find the individual who makes the decision to stop everything […]
Tim Hortons, Pizza Hut workers offered state help; closures still unexplained
LEWISTON — Questions remained Thursday about the abrupt closing of at least eight Tim Hortons restaurants in Maine this week The Maine Department of Labor announced it will host a Rapid Response session at the Lewiston CareerCenter to see whether help is available for workers displaced from those Tim Hortons and from two Pizza Huts […]
Tim Hortons, Pizza Huts close without explanation
LEWISTON — The future of fast food in the Twin Cities seemed murky Wednesday as several stores across Lewiston and Auburn closed without notice. Tim Hortons closed stores in both cities in the middle of the day, and a pair of Pizza Hut shut down at two Auburn locations. Tim Hortons on Sabattus Street in […]
Driver killed when logging truck hits restaurant
SKOWHEGAN — Police say the driver of a logging truck was killed when it rolled over him before slamming into the front of a Pizza Hut in central Maine. Police say the crash around 10:30 a.m. Monday in Skowhegan happened before the restaurant opened for the day. The Morning Sentinel identified the victim as 60-year-old Michael […]