More were sold in 2017 than any year on record, though tight inventory kept totals down – and prices surging – in Cumberland and York counties.
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Posted inMaine
Blaze destroys mobile home in Gardiner
The occupants of 59 Middle St. escaped injury when their home caught fire Tuesday evening, a firefighter said.
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Posted inNew England Patriots, News, Sports
Kennebunk man will keep his Super Bowl attendance streak going with 52nd game
Don Crisman has never missed a Super Bowl and will be in Minneapolis next week to watch his favorite team, the New England Patriots.
Posted inMaine
Skowhegan town manager’s contract amended to include pay raise
Christine Almand gets a 2 percent pay raise under an agreement effective through Dec. 31.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Maine
Popular Francine Bistro in Camden closes after 15 years
Acclaimed chef and former owner Brian Hill, who has moved to California to be near his young daughter, says slow business during winters was tough on the restaurant financially.
Posted inNation & World
MPR releases more details of dozens of allegations against Garrison Keillor
The radio station says the ‘Prairie Home Companion’ host was accused of much more than touching a woman’s back.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Farmington man charged with drug trafficking
Jonathan Toothaker was at the apartment he shared with Omar Havton when Havton was arrested Jan. 12 and charged with trafficking.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Skowhegan proposes sex offender residency restrictions
A draft ordinance is expected to go to a public hearing in April and Town Meeting in June.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Maine
Dana Wilde: Changes in the Maine woods?
Observations of black flies, deer ticks and dragonflies as well as research have led a state entomologist to call for an insect inventory, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Judge denies state request to withhold $3 million in federal workforce funds pending appeal
The ruling means $3 million must be disbursed to a regional training board over Gov. LePage’s objections, and the judge calls the appeal’s chance of success ‘modest.’