Staff Writer
LITTLETON — The slow economy is being blamed for the decision to close one of a handful of gas stations between Houlton and Presque Isle.
Houlton Pioneer Times photo/Joseph Cyr
NO GAS — The gasoline pumps outside of Porter’s Cash Fuel store on Route 1 in Littleton let people know the store has closed its doors. Porter’s Cash Fuel, located on U.S. Route 1 near the intersection of Station and Shaw roads, closed Feb. 12, according to owner Galen “Bob” Porter.
“We just were not doing enough business to keep it open,” Porter said. “It had been really slow for a while. There just are not as many trucks running out of the County anymore.”
The closure has no effect on Porter’s Cash Fuel of Island Falls, which sells oil and conducts furnace maintenance. Porter founded Porter’s Cash Fuel in 2005 when he started with one truck delivering fuel to southern and central Aroostook County.
In 2006, Porter’s Cash Fuel expanded by purchasing the former C&W gas station in Littleton.
Porter said much of the business at the Littleton store was snow sledders and customers stopping for gas and groceries.
Porter added the Littleton store could re-open in the spring.
For more information on Porter’s Cash Fuel, call 463-2250.
