no one has to shop at walmart if they dont want to people have to remember some time change is hard for some i myself cant wait till oct i stop shopping how can you go wrong

The Planning Board in Thomaston spent two years on this project.  All meetings were open to the public andand we allowed everyone to voice their concerns.  In the end the overwhelming response was they wanted development in that part of town.  Thomston is not becoming a strip mall, I know what a strip mall looks like and this is not it!  I, like the lovely Mrs Kinney can not wait to be able to buy local at Walmart just as I buy local at Lowe's and eat local at Appleby's.  I only hope Ruby Tuesdays or Olive Garden or Macaroni Grill or Bugaboo Creek or any of these fine restaurants hurries up and comes join our other local stores. I am glad our young people have job opportunities and yes, the tax revenue will be appreciated.  Dorman's is not going anywhere and they will see an increase in business as more people come to Walmart and discover this treasure.   If you are from away, then welcome but do not tell us we are becoming a strip mall when it is not true!

Here is the deal. After spending a big chunk of my early years here where I was born and raised I moved the family to southern Maine for work. After spending over a decade down there we moved home and I can tell you the cost of living went UP for us. More traveling and higher costs. Now I'm no fan of Walmart and support local but facts are facts. You can buy staple foods and bulk stuff at WallyWorld but still support local stores/farm stands when you are looking for quality or customer service. I never bought meat at Wallys, it came from the local butcher shop. If I wanted hardware or something oddball I go local but when it came to flour, salt, pasta, canned stuff and things like that, I got to say we saved alot at Wallys. Is ti the greatest...nope..come on people think.

Beauty....Really. People from away driving north just drove through a mile of one of the most industrialized sections of road in the state! About 20 acres of 200 foot active quaries and one basically half mile long machine to make cement. The entrace to Walmart is going in past a old junkyard. Not to mention all the stores in between. This development is going EXACTLY where it needs to go. That area is lost anyway.

Unsure if Ms. Spreen is from away and came here for the beauty of it but once again if from away please do not come in and voice your discouragement on how things are done here. The companies going in went through a permitting process and I am certain there were open and public forums to discuss fully and times were provided for folks to voice their concerns then. Personnaly the more box stores the better for jobs, the more jobs perhaps a few folks who wish to get off welfare will make it. What is wrong with Cooks Corner by the way? Yes perhaps some shops closed due to the navy having to pull out but whenever donew there I see quite a few cars in the lots still. C'mon and open up!

its great glad their on their way

You are moving the strip malls of New Jersey to Maine thinking the taxes will be lower and the quality of life better. Why do you think people from away come to Maine? - the beauty of the place. This is really short term thinking and I feel bad they are allowing it. If you want convience to a grocery store move to a city or promote a small grocery store to move in. If you want to preserve the natural beauty and high quality of life in a small town, stop the development of box stores and strip malls. How do you think your neighbors at Spear's hardware are going to like Walmart and Tractor Suppy moving in?  Think it will change the feel of Dormans Ice Cream? When you travel around the US all you see are these box stores. It's all the same. Maine was unique in that you didn't see many of them. It WAS appealing, but that's all changing. If box stores are so great and helpful to the local economy why not put a Walmart on Monhegan Island. Wouldn't that be nice - not.

I am looking forward also, and maybe taxes will go down also. One can only hope!

I am looking forward also, and hoping taxes will go down.

I for one agree with Justin Ford. We will look just like any other strip Mall. There already is traffic slowness as people prepare to switch and turn lanes. 40 miles per hour is usually down to 30 when one drives into Rockland. And the traffic is just now through traffic. It will increase and Old County Road will get used more. Such is life in the fast lane. I never thought Thomaston would become another Strip Mall.

The Lovely Mrs. Kinney and I are looking forward to being able to grocery shop right in the town in which we live.  This area of development Justin is right where it is designated to be. 

Soon, Route 1 along that stretch will look just like Cooks Corner in Brunswick or any other larger town in the country.  When is Ruby Tuesdays, Pier One, and Macaroni Grill coming?