Maine town bans campgrounds to block plan for homeless commune
Bradford residents voted Tuesday to temporarily halt development of a wide array of houses and shelters after learning about a Bangor
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Maine’s tiny share of homes for sale is challenging buyers
Janet, a Bangor Daily News reader, asked me recently about the rate of homes for sale in Maine. There aren’t many.
Read moreLand Trust adds 721 acres to Two Bridges Preserve
The preserve is now more than 1,000 acres and includes two miles of Crooked River frontage.Read More
Read moreAffordable Housing Project Unveiled in South Portland
42 families call the new building home. Read More
Read moreAuburn working with midcoast organization to house unaccompanied minors
Minors tend to leave home because of adverse situations, such as drug use, conflict within the home and parents who
Read moreMaine is set to see some of the nation’s biggest home price hikes
Sue, a Bangor Daily News reader, asked recently about long-range predictions for Maine home values. They are expected to rise everywhere
Read morePlans would turn Portland’s Time and Temp building into apartments, hotel
The proposal includes 140 apartments and a large hotel Read More
Read moreA town hall, a theater and a bowling alley among Maine Preservation’s ‘most endangered’ places
See the seven landmarks that landed on the Yarmouth nonprofit’s list this year.Read More
Read moreAlbert S. Hall School in Waterville nearing end of $1.59 million renovation project
The elementary school, which is nearly 102 years old, has all new entryways and windows, as well as a boiler
Read moreCompany planning to purchase Jay paper mill hopes to close on the deal by Dec. 31
JGT2 Redevelopment plans to restart the cogeneration plant and sell power while redeveloping the mill site.Read More
Read moreAugusta council candidates debate homelessness, economic development
Two contested races for Augusta City Council are on the Nov. 7 ballot.Read More
Read moreEllsworth leaders grapple with growing homelessness
Maine’s homeless population has risen significantly in recent years and, for Hancock County, nowhere is that more apparent than in Ellsworth.
Read moreJohnson Hall co-founder says renovation of Gardiner theater is ‘beyond our expectation’
Four decades after Denise and Benny Reehl formed a group to buy Johnson Hall, renovations to the historic opera house
Read moreShuttered Deer Isle nursing home scraps plans for residential care facility
The shuttered Deer Isle nursing home’s plans to turn the property into a residential care facility have fallen through. The
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