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What Mainers can learn about housing from building permit data
1+ week, 6+ day ago (576+ words) Q&A This type of content helps the public get to know a person or an issue. Usually one-sided and only lightly edited or fact-checked, with no response provided. Housing is expensive to build in Maine in part because of…...
Rangeley advances housing project, holds off on snowmobile arch
3+ week, 19+ hour ago (1206+ words) RANGELEY — The Board of Selectmen approved new general assistance amounts this week after a brief public hearing and heard a push to move quickly on a proposed arch honoring Rangeley’s snowmobiling history. Monday’s regular meeting opened with the hearing on…...
Greenville waterfront property values just spiked 200%
3+ week, 1+ day ago (519+ words) Waterfront property values in Greenville have jumped 205% on average after the lakefront community’s first market adjustment in decades. The increase is pushing up tax bills for many property owners in the Piscataquis County town that has a mix of multimillion-dollar…...
Lockwood Mills redevelopment to add 50 affordable housing units
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (541+ words) WATERVILLE — North River Co. has secured funding and launched Phase II of the Lockwood Mills redevelopment on Water Street in Waterville. Phase I of the $40 million project converted about 65 percent of the Lockwood Mill complex into 65 residential units — some already…...
Mobile home group threatens lawsuit over rent control ordinance
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (683+ words) The trade group representing Maine’s mobile home industry told officials in one southern Maine town it is preparing to sue them and other municipalities if they pass ordinances restricting how much mobile home park owners can raise lot rents. The…...
Board approves redevelopment of Advertiser Democrat building
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (851+ words) NORWAY — The Planning Board unanimously approved a proposal Thursday to rehabilitate the former Advertiser Democrat building into 14 apartments, a project aimed at preserving the historic downtown property while adding workforce housing. Dooryard, the developer behind the proposal, would rehabilitate the…...
Hidden Circle residents celebrate purchase of mobile home park
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1057+ words) JAY — Robert Vellas was so delighted, he roasted a brisket and some chicken to share with a few neighbors and a roomful of strangers. Those strangers included Gov. Janet Mills, who joined residents of the Hidden Circle Mobile Home Park…...
Hidden Circle residents purchase mobile home park in Jay
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (647+ words) JAY — Residents of the Hidden Circle Mobile Home Park bought the park from its out-of-state owner Thursday, following efforts in Jay to limit rent increases and using a new state law that eased the way for renters to buy the…...
14 apartments proposed for former Advertiser Democrat building
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (915+ words) NORWAY — The Norway Planning Board reviewed an initial site plan last week to convert the former Advertiser Democrat building at 1 Pikes Hill into apartments. Kara Wilbur, founder of the Maine-based housing developer Dooryard, presented the proposal. Dooryard designs and builds…...
Rangeley can’t find volunteers to fix its housing problem
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (626+ words) The western Maine resort town of Rangeley is moving to study its housing market after too few residents expressed interest in joining a committee to examine the issue. Officials in the resort community are pushing ahead with plans to apply…...