ABDERDEEN, Md. (AP) — An employee at a Rite Aid warehouse opened fire at work Thursday, killing three people before taking her own life, authorities said. Several other people were wounded. The suspect was a 26-year-old temporary employee at the Rite Aid distribution center in northeastern Maryland, Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler told a news […]
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Clothes? Marijuana? Food? Urgent Care?
OXFORD — Residents have decided that the best reuse of the former Rite Aid building might be an Olive Garden Restaurant, Planet Fitness, a Mardens or Renys. Others say a Luchador Tacos, a Market Basket, Texas Roadhouse, Bass Pro Shop, Harbor Freight, Applebees, a Chinese buffet, clothing store even an Urgent Care Center would fit the […]
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Livermore Falls teens charged with theft of whiskey
LIVERMORE FALLS — Two local teenagers have been charged with stealing half a gallon of Jack Daniels whiskey from Rite Aid on Main Street last month, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Thursday. The charges come two weeks after the teens were hospitalized after becoming ill from consuming alcohol, police said previously. The 15- and […]
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Hello, Walgreens: Chain buys five Lewiston-Auburn Rite Aids
The Rite Aid on Main Street in Lewiston is one of five local stores that will be taken over by Walgreens. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Walgreens has taken over five local Rite Aid stores as part of its deal to purchase 1,932 stores for $4.3 billion by spring, according to a spokesman. The deal […]
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Walgreens agrees to buy fewer Rite Aid stores to get FTC buy-in
In its fourth attempt, Walgreens Boots Alliance clinched regulatory approval for a deal to buy Rite Aid Corp. stores after a last-minute reduction of the number of stores and price. The drugstore chain said Tuesday it secured clearance for a revised deal under which it will buy 1,932 Rite Aid stores for $4.38 billion. That’s […]
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Wilton man sentenced in Livermore Falls pharmacy robbery
AUBURN — A judge sentenced a Wilton man Tuesday to two months in jail for his role in a Livermore Falls pharmacy robbery that featured a note threatening to set off a bomb. Jeffrey Blair Johnson, 49, of 139 Village View Road was sentenced to three years in prison, with two years and 10 months […]
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Auburn police assist with credit card fraud investigation
PORTLAND — A New York woman on Wednesday admitted to using counterfeit credit cards to make purchases at stores in several area cities and towns, including Auburn. Xiu Fang Zhang, 21, of New York City pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to commit credit card fraud. Prosecutors said between Jan. 3 and Jan. […]
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Walgreens buying Rite Aid, creating drugstore giant
NEW YORK (AP) — Walgreens is buying rival Rite Aid for about $9.41 billion in cash, creating a drugstore giant with nearly 18,000 stores around the world. The deal combines the largest and third-largest U.S. drugstore chains, based on store counts. And it makes one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical buyers even bigger at a time when […]
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William ‘Bill’ Welch
1942 – 2015 RUMFORD — William “Bill” Welch, 72, of Mexico passed away peacefully on Monday, Sept. 28, at the Rumford Community Home following a long illness. He was born in Rumford on Oct. 13, 1942, a son of Carl and Marguerite (Pretty) Welch. Bill was educated in Mexico schools and was a graduate of […]
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Police: robbery suspect claimed to have grenade
LEWISTON — A man accused of robbing Rite Aid on Sabattus Street on Wednesday told a clerk that he had a hand grenade, according to a police report. Investigators said 39-year-old Wil Chabot was wearing a white sheet over his head, with holes cut out for his eyes, when he approached the pharmacy clerk and […]