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Comments about: General store serves up memories of popular former Waterville eatery

WEST NEW PORTLAND -- From 1932 until it became one of the victims of Waterville's urban renewal in 1965, the...
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hadanuff of E.Vassalboro, ME
Mar 9, 2009 8:03 PM
I say we trade the ugly sculpture in the concourse for a neat, old diner. WTVL really needs a cool place with good comfort food.report abuse
RobertB Stewart of Portland, ME
Mar 9, 2009 3:07 PM
Park's Diner, Madddock's , Hagers and Verzoni's all great places. All, but Park's Diner, are just a memory.I'm glad they saved it.
A lot of wonderful teen age adventures started with a first stop at the Diner . The Diner was often the last stop tooreport abuse
Paul Vaillancourt of Kansas City, MO
Mar 9, 2009 2:06 PM
Why doesn't this article mention that a house was built around the original building? Also, there was no mention of the LaCourse family, who ran the Wirebridge Diner for most of the 1990's.

This is an example of something that could be done with the old Farmington Diner, although I'd rather have someone tear down that unnecessary new Rite Aid and put the diner back where it belongs!report abuse
Jezzer of Waterville, ME
Mar 9, 2009 1:27 PM
"Urban renewal" was one of the culprits in the death of once-great Waterville, along with Dutch elm disease, the end of passenger rail, suburban strips malls, the suburbanization of Colby, Walmart, the closing of the mills, and the coming closing of the hospitals.report abuse

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