AUGUSTA — The Augusta Police Department is investigating a robbery at the Bangor Street Subway on Tuesday afternoon after a robber made off with some cash. Deputy Chief Kevin Lully said no one was injured in the robbery and the suspect made off with an “undisclosed amount of money.” The robbery was reported at “approximately […]
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$5 heroes: Local Subways to keep discounting foot-longs
LEWISTON — Angry? Hurt? Starving for a Subway foot-long and just devastated by the news that the $5 promotion is no longer available? Take it easy, my hungry friend. At least in the local area, a ‘hero’ has emerged to save the beloved $5 foot-long sandwich. Two heroes, actually. David Grendell and Kim Wettlaufer, owners of […]
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RIP: Subway’s $5 foot-long sandwich deal is no more
It was March 2008 and America was about to belly flop into the Great Recession. Wall Street powerhouse Bear Stearns had just imploded, sending shock waves through the world financial markets. Savings and jobs were beginning to vanish. Foreclosure notices were papering over neighborhoods. And as a financially terrified nation began rummaging the couch cushions […]
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Subway plans to close 500 U.S. stores but grow internationally
Subway Restaurants, the world’s most ubiquitous dining chain, will continue closing U.S. stores as it expands internationally. After peppering the nation with thousands of locations, closely held Subway is retrenching. This year, the sandwich purveyor is planning to shut about 500 more of its U.S. shops. Last year, more than 800 stores went dark, with […]
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Gray man charged in armed robbery of Subway shop in Westbrook
WESTBROOK — A Gray man was arrested for allegedly robbing a Subway in Westbrook at knife-point on Saturday night. Westbrook police say 50-year-old Charles M. Small, also known as Kelly Small, entered the Subway at 716 Bridgton Road (Route 302) around 6:47 p.m. Saturday, brandished a knife and demanded money from employees. Small ran from […]
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The Buzz: Lewiston OKs Subway's site home and possible putting green
The Buzz this week isn’t going to let a blizzard get in the way, not when there’s Maine’s first potential Subway with a putting green and new manufacturing jobs to talk about. On Monday night, the Lewiston Planning Board unanimously approved a 1,860-square-foot Subway restaurant for the corner of Mollison Way and Main Street. City […]
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Subway chicken subs in Canada: Fowl or foul?
Customers wait in line in 2007 at a Subway restaurant in Portland. Up in the Great White North, a recent laboratory analysis unveiled a masquerade of meat. A researcher delved into the DNA of chicken sold at various fast food restaurants, at the request of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s “Marketplace” program. Not all poultry, the […]
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Car crashes into Oxford Subway restaurant
OXFORD — “It shot like a rocket,” Justin Stygles said, describing the moment his 2006 Toyota Matrix crashed through a window at Subway Restaurant on Route 26 on Thursday afternoon. He and his wife, Amanda, had stopped to pick up lunch around noon. While his wife waited inside for their order, Stygles said he returned […]