The acting mall manager, however, declined to return phone calls Friday. And the company that currently owns the mall, Widewater Centre Co., LLC, of Syracuse, N.Y., said it would have no comment. Sears, J.C. Penney, Kmart and Porteous are here, as is an eight-screen Hoyt's cinema. But city slickers might check a map. It's probably the only shopping mall in Maine with a major snowmobile route running by the parking lot.
People feel comfortable here.
You know the faces, if not the names. Aroostook Centre has a different feel than the big-city shopping experience at the Maine Mall, Haines said. Here, people stop and chat. Haines said business is good. Roughly a third of his customers are from Canada.