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Housing · MaineQUOTE OF THE DAY “A lot of the luxury housing is targeted to people who aren’t here now. If that’s the case, then it’s not trickling down and not emptying out a unit.” — Kevin Bunker, founder of Portland-based Developers Collaborative, on a theory advanced by many experts and developers that building more housing at any price range will increase the amount of affordable housing available. TODAY’S TOP MAINE STORIES The fate of the Oxford County…See the Story
'Illicit' Milo meeting / Trickle-down housing / Maine sheriff's fate
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Maine, Maine · MaineA meeting between three of Milo’s elected officials last month that appeared to violate Maine’s public access law has led a group of residents to initiate a process to remove the former chairperson from the Select Board. The current chairperson of the five-member Milo Select Board, Paula Copeland, released a statement Monday detailing the March 7 meeting between board members Eric Foss, Susan Libby and Donald Banker, who was chair at the time. S…See the Story
Residents seek to remove Milo official after ‘illicit’ meeting
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Housing · MaineWhen Mainers shoot down a proposed housing development as unaffordable, they could actually be hurting their cause. “I appreciate genuine concern over affordability,” Jason Bird, housing development director at Penquis, Bangor’s community action agency, said. “But any new unit of housing helps overall supply, and we are tens of thousands of units short.” Historic housing underproduction means that Maine is short up to 40,000 homes right now, a l…See the Story
How more high-end housing might actually ease Maine's affordability crisis
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Taxes · MaineAUGUSTA, Maine — A Hancock County man who lost his roughly $40,000 property over not paying $2,600 in taxes has filed a lawsuit against his former town in a class action case that may put more Maine towns on notice even after lawmakers changed foreclosure rules last year.The lawsuit serves as a reminder of the legal troubles that towns could face for past actions, even though the Legislature and Gov. Janet Mills approved new laws both in 2023 an…See the Story
New lawsuit puts pressure on Maine towns that keep tax foreclosure profits
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Maine, Maine · MaineGrowing numbers of people are leaving their yards unmowed for “No Mow May,” the same month when Maine’s tick season goes into full swing. No Mow May is a voluntary pledge that formally reached Maine in 2022 after beginning in Wisconsin several years before. Participants aim to provide habitat and pollen for early-season pollinators by mowing their lawns less or not at all for the month. The practice also provides habitat for ticks, which like t…See the Story
Tick expert offers advice for increasingly popular ‘No Mow May’
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