This Buzz is getting right to it: Almost two years to the day that it opened, Ben’s Burritos on Lisbon Street is shutting its doors. A post on Facebook on Friday read: “It is with heavy hearts that we inform you that Ben’s Burritos will be closing its doors indefinitely December 21, 2018. Thanks goes […]
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The Buzz: Carter's XC closes in Oxford, expands in Bethel
This week the Buzz is building, buying, eating and skiing — basically starting the holiday weekend right now. After operating both spots for almost 25 years, Carter’s XC Ski Center has expanded its Bethel location and closed its shop in Oxford. Cross-country skiing fans, though, have no fear: You can still ski at both. Anne […]
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Domino’s plans Lisbon Street site; Developer plans 48 apartments in Auburn
What’s cooking in The Buzz this week? Pizza and apartments. First, let’s serve up a $4.5 million project. The Auburn Planning Board this week approved 48 apartment units bound for 1048 Turner St., on the empty, 2.92-acre lot at the corner of Turner Street and Gracelawn Road. The project by Millbran LLC is planned as a […]
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The Buzz: Hannaford to add a cafe and Fuel is entirely booked through closing
This week, the Buzz has bad news on top of bad news if you haven’t made a reservation at Fuel yet: The Lisbon Street French restaurant is entirely booked up through Sept. 8, owner Eric Agren said Thursday. Agren announced Tuesday that he was closing the popular spot after 11 years to spend more time […]
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The Buzz: Another new restaurant going into the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport
This week, the Buzz is in full denial about how close the ski season is. Let’s talk grits instead. Mike and Heather Greenlaw opened Mike’s Runway Diner on Aug. 1 at the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport, revamping the menu from barbecue-centric to diner comfort food. Mike, a garage door technician for 20 years, said he was […]
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The Buzz: Becket moves into Auburn Baptist Church, church moves into Rolandeau's
This week the Buzz is all about change. Becket Family of Services, a New Hampshire-headquartered nonprofit serving children with behavioral needs, is turning the former Auburn Baptist Church into a new special-purpose private school. The company bought the building and 16-acre property at 227 Poland Road in January and took out a city permit last […]
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The Buzz: Ben's Burritos customers buy more than 300 burritos for strangers
The Buzz this week is full of optimism and burritos. When they opened 18 months ago on Lisbon Street, Ben’s Burritos founders Tricia Tomlinson and Ben Scott created a “Pay It Forward” wall where customers could anonymously buy other people burritos. Someone walking through the door who could not afford a meal could snag one of […]
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The Buzz: Mattress by Appointment opens in Auburn
This week the Buzz is feeling well rested, well fed and well . . . dentaled? Mattress by Appointment opened at 791 Kittyhawk Ave. in Auburn in May, in the same plaza as Dunkin’ Donuts right off exit 75. It is franchisee Mike Phillips’ third location in Maine and Mattress by Appointment’s fourth site for […]
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The Buzz: Auburn Hannaford, Lewiston McDonald’s get overhauls
This week the Buzz is waiting for a Big Mac and trying to find where the baby wipes aisle ended up. In Auburn, a $2.5 million renovation is underway at the Hannaford grocery store on Spring Street. Shelves and stock have been moved around as the store gets new flooring and fixtures. Spokesman Eric Blom […]
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The Buzz: Portland Pie Co. coming to Lincoln Street in Lewiston
This week the Buzz is ready for lunch, and just in time. Lewiston is getting a Portland Pie Co. The pizza shop and pub has signed a letter of intent to go into the shuttered Lincoln Street firehouse that developers Kara Wilbur and Paul Peck saved from demolition last year and hoped to bring back to […]