Roy's Foodland on Broad Street in Auburn is pictured on March 9. It is one of the few neighborhood stores grandfathered after zoning restrictions were put in place in the 1960s.
An exterior photo March 9 of Roy's Foodland on Broad Street in Auburn.
Wheeler's Market on South Main Street in Auburn, shown March 9, is an applicant for the neighborhood corner store program established by the city. Four applicants will receive a grant of up to $35,000 to expand or start neighborhood stores that generate most of their revenue from the sale of food and groceries.
Katie Cote waits on a customer March 9 at Wheeler's Market on South Main Street in Auburn.
A construction worker comes out of Gowell's Variety on Hampshire Street in Auburn Thursday afternoon with a box of fried chicken. "I'm working across the street and I can smell it cooking so I just have to get some." he said.
Message are written March 9 on the window looking into the kitchen at Gowell's Variety in Auburn.
Canned goods, produce, hams, chicken and other goods for sale are shown in an undated photo of Gowell's Variety in Auburn. The photo was found in a scrapbook Sophia Westleigh created when she was 12 years old.
An undated photo of Gowell's Market in Auburn found in a scrapbook that Sophia Westleigh created when she was 12 years old, shows canned goods, produce, hams, chicken and other goods for sale.
Store Manager Sophia Westleigh looks over her shoulder March 9 while making a chicken salad sandwich at Gowell's Variety on Hampshire Street in Auburn.
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