Neighbors oppose potato chip maker moving into the former North Pownal General Store

TIMES RECORD • January 18, 2021

A new potato chip manufacturing facility promises to bring changes to small, rural Pownal. The town of about 1,500 will welcome Vintage Maine Kitchen, a small-batch, artisan potato chip company currently based in Freeport. The company will move into the ground floor of the former North Pownal General Store at 83 Fickett Road. Alice and Louis Hanson, who live next door to the former store, were the only opposing voices in the decision, according to a letter they wrote to the board. “As 45-year residential abutters of this property, we don’t want to see our property value decline,” they wrote.