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he first location of Maritime Oil was at 532 Main Street, at the corner of Talbot Avenue, in the building now occupied by Unicel. Initially, the company was strictly a retail business operating a service station at the Main Street location selling "New Blue Sunoco" gasoline and related products - and delivering heating oil to Rockland-area homes and businesses. The company's offices were in the basement of the service station. At about the same time, Roland Ware's brother, John, started Pineland Oil Company in Waterville, and together they purchased a transport tanker truck to haul oil and gasoline from Maine terminals to both their companies' locations in Rockland and Waterville....