ROCKLAND — Wal-Mart has asked for a property tax cut of more than $100,000 from Rockland. City Assessor Dennis Reed said Saturday that Wal-Mart is also looking into the assessments that municipalities have on all their stores in Maine. Wal-Mart’s store in Rockland was assessed at slightly more than $8.5 million on April 1, 2013. […]
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Wal-Mart seeks $100,000 tax cut from Rockland, eyes statewide reductions
ROCKLAND — Wal-Mart has asked for a property tax cut of more than $100,000 from Rockland. City Assessor Dennis Reed said Saturday that Wal-Mart is also looking into the assessments that municipalities have on all their stores in Maine. Wal-Mart’s store in Rockland was assessed at slightly more than $8.5 million on April 1, 2013. […]
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Man sentenced to 14 days in jail in Farmington Walmart theft case
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County judge sentenced a Waterville man Thursday to 14 days in jail for stealing more than $1,500 in merchandise from the Walmart store on Aug. 3, 2013. Lee Wurzell, 29, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of theft in November. The agreement calls for no probation once he is released. Justice […]
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Police investigate bomb threat at Oxford Walmart
OXFORD — Police are investigating a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of the Oxford Walmart late Saturday night. According to Oxford police Lt. Michael Ward, approximately 50 shoppers and employees were evacuated from the building after the threat was called in near 11:30 p.m. The store, located on Route 26, is open from 6 […]
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Activists demonstrate for ‘living wage’ outside Maine Walmarts on Black Friday
ELLSWORTH — About 25 demonstrators sang an adaptation of the song “John Brown’s Body” in unison six or seven times as they made small purchases at the local Walmart register on Friday morning. “We have come to Ellsworth Walmart to support the workers here, we believe you should get paid a living wage and that […]
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Holding the line for sales
AUBURN — With many retail stores opening their doors at 12:01 a.m. on Black Friday, people began lining up at Best Buy and Walmart on Thursday afternoon. Carolee Taylor of Auburn and her daughter, Debbie McCue, huddled in the doorway starting at 1:20 p.m. as the wind picked up outside Walmart on Mt. Auburn Avenue. […]
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Activists to picket in front of Walmarts across Maine
ELLSWORTH — Activists and union members in Maine will tap into a national movement to protest low wages for Walmart workers on Black Friday. Picketers will be holding up signs and handing out flyers outside Walmart stores in Ellsworth, Scarborough, Augusta and Auburn on what will likely be the busiest shopping day of the year […]
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Man pleads guilty to stealing merchandise from Walmart
FARMINGTON — A Waterville man pleaded guilty Monday to stealing more than $1,500 in merchandise from the Farmington Walmart store Aug. 3. Lee Wurzell, 29, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of theft. Farmington police released a photo of Wurzell that showed him with two shopping carts filled with merchandise that he did not pay […]
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Bomb threats reported at Walmart stores in Calais, Thomaston, Palmyra
Bomb threats at Walmart stores were reported in three towns throughout the state on Friday afternoon. Calais Police Chief David Randle confirmed the store in that town received a threat, and Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said threats were also reported in Thomaston and Palmyra. Randle said police in Calais are no longer […]