Vassalboro coffee shop burns

VASSALBORO
-- A coffee shop that made itself known for being a topless cafe is
still smoldering this morning after a fire that started sometime around
1 a.m.

A
dispatcher at the Kennebec County Communications Center said
firefighters and fire investigators are still at the Grand View Topless
Coffee Shop on Route 3 putting out hot spots and pouring water on flare
ups.

The building sustained heavy damage and was
nearly destroyed. And because firefighters have not been able to enter
the building yet, there is no word on a cause.

The shop, though,
has been no stranger to the news when it became Vassalboro's topless
coffee shop in February. And owner Donald Crabtree had more plans for
his business.

Just last night, Crabtree met with members of the Vassalboro Planning Board for a
pre-application meeting
to add music and dancing to the topless coffee service.

Crabtree,
who lives on the property where the coffee shop is located, told News 8
WMTW, which is on scene, that he did not have insurance on the property.

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It's the most evil people

It's the most evil people that need religion........to hide behind.

God sure gets a bum rap. 

God sure gets a bum rap.  Well, He doesn't burn down houses or injure people.  People do that!!

God works in mysterious

God works in mysterious ways:)

I don't think GOD was in

I don't think GOD was in Vassalboro setting a topless coffee house on fire. I am pretty sure that He is a little too busy for that.

Hey I don't like the coffee

Hey I don't like the coffee shop but I will fight for the right for him to have one I am a mother and a grandmother. I hope no one did try to burn it down because we live in the United States not some communist country.  I don't like porno magazine but so I don't buy them. If you don't like something on TV you simply switch the channel or turn it off.  Why are there such idiots in this world?!?

I think I would be careful

I think I would be careful with what I say, Mr. Flanders. I imagine that the cops can subpeona records from the KJ and any other business associated with this comment board to track you down.

Whats wrong with freedom of

Whats wrong with freedom of speech?

I just read he wants to

I just read he wants to reopen. Well thats OK someone will just burn down that one too!

seriouly burning this mans

seriouly burning this mans business down? whoever did this is a piece of garbage. i hope they catch the scum and lock them up for 30 years. that man had a right to open that place whether you agreed with it or not. funny the ones who hide behind the bible are the first to trample it when need be. i am ashamed to live in vassalboro now. what a town full of whiners and sad sacks. i guess we wont need to worry about womens breasts anymore seeing as this mans business and livelyhood were destroyed. sad

there,s more to this than

there,s more to this than meets the eye if someone torched the  place than they are an idiot no one gets away with arson any more ,just when they think they are in the clear the police show up and slap the cuffs on . christians allways get accused  just because they are opposed to having strip joints in their town.

unreal...most of you who

unreal...most of you who commented are idiots..just because women worked there DONT MEAN THE ARE SINGLE MOMS, come on now. and like someone else said, not everyone can afford insurance. maybe he was building things up, and workin his way up before he felt he could afford insurance. its just sad that it burned down, and it was prob. arson. im sure crabtree worked his ass off to get where he was, and now is goin to have to start from scratch. how frustrating.

PD: you are a jerk."Good,

PD: you are a jerk.

"Good, sounds like the idiot who owned the place deserved to be put out of business."

Even if you didn't like him, his business or his business principles, being happy about someone's life (he LIVED in the apartment in the bulding) burning to the ground is just mean and heartless.

Any time quality coffee

Any time quality coffee drinks and topless women are removed from a community it is a tragedy.

Is that a double-wide?

Is that a double-wide?

Good, sounds like the idiot

Good, sounds like the idiot who owned the place deserved to be put out of business. Anyone who supports this type of business as legitimate  is missing the point of how to build a stronge economy. No insurance, go figure.

No insurance = not very smart

No insurance = not very smart BUT it should remove any question that it might have been set for insurance reasons. Accident? Remains to be seen. Intentionally set? If it was set, then whomever set it is aligned with the "us vs them" mentality.

Its disgusting, the lengths

Its disgusting, the lengths that people will go to make a point.

Regardless of whether someone agrees with what he does, is not a reason to burn his property to the ground.  Same thing with the supposodly bare-chested woman outside the donut shop.  My wife and I drove by the shop at almost the exact time it was reported. 

Was their a woman outside?  YUP!

Was she topless?  NOPE!

It was clear as day, that she had a bikini top on.

Just another example of someone willing to lie through their teeth to create a hassle for Crabtree.

Disgusting!

If you want that crap... go

If you want that crap... go to the city but not in the country!

What an Idoit--no insurance. 

What an Idoit--no insurance.  DUH

This was trouble from the

This was trouble from the start so this is kinda expected.....

I dont understand why  a

I dont understand why  a business opens without insurance.  I am glad no one was injured.

 

Why 0-o?I mean they're

Why 0-o?

I mean they're against it but it is technically legal. . . there was the absurd calling the cops because of an alleged nipple slip last week and then of course there is the shooting and murdering the physician who performed legal late term abortions over the weekend too.

If you don't like something  take the avenging sword of justice into your own hand and make it right, right?

It could just as easily been accidental (left on coffee pot) or if arson some personal beef  between employee and jealous partner or who knows

But I'm sure there are a lot of right wing christian nuts out there who are celebrating this legal business getting  SMITED  overnight.

 

Don't you have to insure a

Don't you have to insure a business?  Dumba$$!  I have no problem with the business, the women are adults and customers go in of their own free will, but come on!  Did Mr. Crabtree really think that no one was going to vandalize his business? 

Is the fire still going?  I

Is the fire still going?  I got some marshmellows left over from Memorial day i like to toast

VIDEO OF THE PLACE

VIDEO OF THE PLACE BURNING:

Watch video

i think accusing 'some right

i think accusing 'some right wing christian wing nut' says more about you... 

Think of all of the single

Think of all of the single moms that the arsonist just put out of work...

I hope he rebuilds, just to irritate the hell out of the people who see this fire as a good thing.

Probably some right wing

Probably some right wing Christian wing nut torched it. Where was Pro-con from Taxville or whatever he calls himself these days.

Why bother having a "protest" with more journalists covering it than there were protesters like Mike Hien and the CCL did at, the live lingerie in the window, Spellbound shop in Augusta a few years ago.

Why give Crabtree even more publicity like they gave Stockford when you can just torch the building. . . at least they didn't torch any uppity women like they used to do  witches.

 

 

 ps..was also already on CNN

 ps..was also already on CNN

I emailed my sis-inlaw in

I emailed my sis-inlaw in Mass..who has parents in E. Vassleboro..word can spread quickly..

 

 

some people can't afford

some people can't afford insurance...not all of us are well off, most of us are working poor...choose between food and ins  hummmm

hmmm let me guess who emailed

hmmm let me guess who emailed them!

He has such a controversial

He has such a controversial business and he didn't insure it? He had to know he was going to rile people up. That almost guarantees that something will happen. I would have expected spray paint or broken glass, not fire, though.

This Vassalboro story is

This Vassalboro story is already making Boston news headlines WROR,FoxNews.....any ideas who emailed the story to them? 

It's probably out on the AP

It's probably out on the AP wire.

Welcome to WROR

Welcome to WROR

C'mon, no insurance, tells

C'mon, no insurance, tells you which head he was thinking with.

The mob aint going to be

The mob aint going to be happy this bum letting their place burn down

Numb a$$- who has a business

Numb a$$- who has a business & NOT insure it???

no probably some jealous

no probably some jealous small minded SFB..started it..unreal..mean people suck..I would like to believe it to be accidental..but I doubt it.

Hope he comes back bigger and better..but damn!!!..why do people in Maine NOT insure their homes or business..

unreal

Well we know it wasn't

Well we know it wasn't started by the topless waitresses because, they are far from hot!