Fourteen “big ticket” items – with a total value of more than $6,500 – are now up for bid in an on-line auction, launched this week and running through March 17, 2021, that is part of the Presque Isle Rotary Club’s Great Big Give Back.
Auction items range from $3,000 toward a heat pump and hotel accommodations to college tuition certificates and tools. The first lot will close during a Facebook Live event hosted by PI Rotarians on Wednesday, March 17 at 6:30 p.m., with the next lot closing one minute later, then the next lot one minute after that and so on. If a lot receives a bid in the last minute prior to its closing then that lot will be extended for one minute and not affect the closing of other lots.
A new store that opened in Rutland, Vt., last fall was half tire store, half bike shop. Every store has a story, said Tim Winkeler, CEO of the Maine-based tire and service company. They all have such interesting stories. Recently, those stories have been stacking up.
The company, based in Auburn, has been on a tear the past five years, with 40% growth. The company employs more than 500 at 63 stores in four states, 35 of them in Maine.
In 2020, new stores opened in Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire. There were two relocations that involved major expansions in Maine the Windham store and one in Brunswick. More is planned for 2021, including store expansions and relocations in Auburn and Sanford.