Turner planners to discuss Hannaford proposal

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How come land own by the Land Trust is being used at all? Isn't land owned by the trust suppose to be preserved forever once they get their hands on it? Perhaps the SJ should investigate, oh that's right the SJ's county commissioner is the head of the trust, forget about it.

oh, and btw Johnny P, I go to the Food City almost every day, and have NEVER seen any mice "running around". I also have worked in several grocery stores in my life and FC is one of the CLEANEST ones I've seen. The staff there are pleasant and willing to help you find what you need, and they ASK if you need help. I've never gotten that service at a Hannaford, good luck finding any clerk to help you there.

I hope the proposed site for the new Hannaford store is right on top of the Jordan's compound. Take it by eminent domain and finally clean up that street. I hope the Hannaford management reconsiders stalking their shelves with poultry products however. The Jordan's have a tendency for stealing chickens!!

We don't need a big box grocery store in our town. For starters, the area that they are proposing are wetlands that are already in short supply. For seconds, we have a wonderful grocery store that just did a MAJOR revamp to their location, making it bigger and adding more products. The prices are more than comparable to the city stores, and I find the meat and produce to be very fresh. Its not like you have to drive for hours to get to LA, if people choose to shop there its only 20 minutes, if even. Yes, it would be convenient to have a pharmacy, but there are several storefronts in the mall available for that. Hannaford needs to find someplace else to flex its corporate muscle. I will be at that meeting Wednesday night. I have found that the town is easy to work with, we have never had an issue getting permits for things that we have done to our house or the business that I work at in the area.

One, the Food City is a POS... There are mice running around the floor and the over-priced food sucks.

Two, more people want it, than don't want it. The town has spoken. Nuff said.

Mad you sure do have it right. The good ol' "name" network still operates the town in Turner. The only thing missing is Boss Hogg. I am not sure a Hannaford is necessary though. I think there is something to be said for not littering the community with a Hannaford and right behind that a Rite-Aid and a half dozen other stores that aren't needed. Turner has a grocery store and if that one doesn't do it there's a Shaw's, BJ's and Wal-Mart just a 15 minute drive south from most points in Turner. Turner isn't missing anything by not having a Hannaford in town. Part of the quality of life in Turner is that there are no big boxes littering the landscape, no traffic clogging the roadways, certain types of crime are lessened or not-existent. A Hannaford would surely bring tax revenues into the community and a few part-time jobs but it will also bring certain types of crime, litter, traffic congestion and host of other little uglies that make the various shopping centers in Lewiston and Auburn so unattractive.

The Turner Village Preservation Committee = astroturf. Their incorporation date is later than the application date for this project.

Sure would be good for the people of that area

Turner is still run on a good-old-boy system and it depends on who you are if you want to build something. Don't be surprised if this project is turned down because the "right" people aren't going to make any money on it. The character of the town is if you want to get anything done you have to know somebody in the right place. Everything else is crap.