Housing, health care and energy prices are the top priorities for almost every candidate, but they’re presenting vastly different ideas for how to address them.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Rumford Falls Times
Rumford’s new apartment building for seniors draws early interest after open house
The first-floor apartments in the 33-unit facility have been claimed, the property manager says.
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Posted inBusiness, Community, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Maine
Residents to buy Jay mobile home park, citing rising rents and missed maintenance
An offer by residents to purchase the Hidden Circle mobile home park in Jay has been accepted, securing local control from out-of-state ownership.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Maine, News
Demolition at former Oxford mill underway
Some buildings at the former Robinson Manufacturing Co. are being razed to redevelop the site into 77 senior housing units in Oxford.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Lewiston buildings going up and coming down
Photographer Russ Dillingham shares aerial views of 2 construction and demolition projects in the city.
Posted inMaine, News
State recommends major changes for Maine’s mobile home parks
A report from the governor’s office suggesting changes to financing, construction and oversight of manufactured housing communities could serve as a roadmap for legislators in the upcoming session.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
MaineHousing announces more than 300 affordable apartments for older adults, families
The agency has now financed more than 1,000 units in the last 12 months.
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Wiscasset loses ARPA funding after data center proposal, confusion
The town’s plan to build affordable housing got muddled when a developer expressed interest in building an AI data center at the same site.
Posted inMaine, News
Even Maine’s second-smallest county needs more housing
Officials in Franklin County have embraced the need to build 1,000 more housing units by 2030, mostly for low- and middle-income workers.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Business, Maine, News
Oxford takes last look at 1800s woolen mill before redevelopment project begins
A nonprofit real estate developer bought the Robinson Manufacturing property on Thompson Lake for affordable senior housing.