Farmington, ME
If nature doesn't interfere with unpredictable weather on the first day of spring, the Farmington Diner will head back down the road it came into town on more than 40 years ago.

Plans have been made to move the diner at 9 a.m. Thursday, mover Jim Nickerson of Kingfield said.

He has coordinated plans for police coverage and with Verizon for the diner to head back over Center Bridge to East Wilton on Thursday, he said.

The metal-sheathed building, constructed to resemble a railroad car, served as the Lewiston Diner before being moved to the Intervale in Farmington in the 1960s by Hugh Stewart.

The structure is about 12 feet wide and 40 feet long.

The diner became threatened when owner Russell Wood sold the property it sits on for development of a new Rite-Aid.

A last-ditch effort to save the diner from demolition resulted in Rachel Jackson Hodsdon buying it in mid-February.

She plans to move it to her business location, The Nonprofit Information Center, on Cemetery Road off Route 2 where it will be stored for now.

Originally published online here: http://www.sunjournal.com/story/256923-3/Franklin/Diner_move_set_for_Thursday_Eatery_to_rest_on_road_it_came_to_town_on_40_years_ago/