A study released this week show Maine lost about $70 million in appreciated waterfront property values from 2005 to 2017.
January 2019
Posted inBusiness
Maine home sales and prices hit record highs in ‘total frenzy’ of 2018
More homes changed hands, and at a higher median price, than in any year since Realtors began tracking the data 20 years ago.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Wrapping up to keep warm
Angelica Hagan, Nae Lee Ray and Brinley Hanson, who have Tuesday off from Lewiston High School on account of teacher workshops, walk through Kennedy Park in Lewiston bundled up in blankets. They checked the weather before they went out, saw below zero temperatures with the wind chill and decided to bundle up as well as […]
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
UMaine backup QB Isaiah Robinson transferring to Hampton University
Coach Nick Charlton said the Black Bears will look to add 2-3 quarterbacks to their roster to back up starter Chris Ferguson.
Posted inNews, Politics
Mills says state must be ‘backstop’ against federal efforts to restrict abortion
She declares Tuesday that those who would reduce access to legal abortions ‘are going to have to get through me first.’
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Donald Trump’s shutdown proposal faces uncertain fate in U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s proposal to reopen the government, with immigration provisions Democrats denounce as inadequate, is headed for Senate action, its prospects uncertain. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will try to muscle through the 1,300-page spending measure, which includes $5.7 billion to fund Trump’s proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, the sticking […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Jared Golden vows to defend transgender military personnel
Maine’s new congressman, 2nd District Democrat Jared Golden, said Tuesday he is opposed to President Donald Trump’s effort to restrict transgender people from military service. “I believe anyone who loves America and has the courage to serve should be given that opportunity and respected for it,” Golden said in a statement on Twitter. Golden, who […]
Posted inRumford Falls Times
Painting for police donated
Local artist Brent Batchelder of Club Neopolsi Creations has created 11×30-inch painting to be raffled off at the Maine Association of Police (MAP) awards banquet in Portland on Jan. 26.
Posted inPolitics
Mills launches official social media accounts
Gov. Janet Mills created new official accounts on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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Whiteout conditions in Aroostook County cause 11-vehicle pileup, injuries
Van Buren’s police chief and a Maine DOT plow truck driver both were hit by vehicles in the aftermath of the crashes along Route 1 in Cyr Plantation, Maine State Police say.