My Grandfather was O.B. Fernandez of Fernandez and McPhee. At some point in time my Grandfather bought out McPhee and upon my Grandfather’s death in 1948 my mother, Alice Fernandez Harkins, inherited her father’s business interests. My mother became partners with Sid Epstein of Bangor, Maine, and eventually she sold her shares of the Strand business to Sid. I believe the Strand was torn down in the mid 60s to make room for Doug’s Shop and Save, now the home of a Rite Aid store. It was a beautiful old theater and in its earliest days there was an orchestra pit in the front of the ‘house’.
To Joe Vogel’s point, the Old Town of old is no longer recognizable. What used to be a vibrant main street is now comprised of run down, seedy buildings. Sad.
My Grandfather was O.B. Fernandez of Fernandez and McPhee. At some point in time my Grandfather bought out McPhee and upon my Grandfather’s death in 1948 my mother, Alice Fernandez Harkins, inherited her father’s business interests. My mother became partners with Sid Epstein of Bangor, Maine, and eventually she sold her shares of the Strand business to Sid. I believe the Strand was torn down in the mid 60s to make room for Doug’s Shop and Save, now the home of a Rite Aid store. It was a beautiful old theater and in its earliest days there was an orchestra pit in the front of the ‘house’.
To Joe Vogel’s point, the Old Town of old is no longer recognizable. What used to be a vibrant main street is now comprised of run down, seedy buildings. Sad.