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PublishedOctober 18, 2024
‘Game-changing’ proposal would bring hotel, apartments, retail to former Kmart in Augusta
Due to the height of the proposed hotel - up to 85 feet - the project needs a contract zone from the city's Planning Board.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2024
Maine organization aiming to end homelessness hires first executive director
Dean Klein, a homeless prevention advocate most recently from Virginia, has been tapped to lead the Maine Continuum of Care.
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PublishedOctober 16, 2024
From parking to trash, Skowhegan officials consider future development
The town’s Board of Selectmen and Planning Board met for their annual joint meeting Tuesday, discussing more than a dozen goals and priorities for the next year.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2024
‘Land bank’ sets sights on first goal: Revitalizing East Millinocket mill
The new state authority wants to create business space and housing in empty properties that private and municipal developers won't take on.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2024
Augusta apartment building fire displaces 19 people, including 10 children
The apartment where a fire started on South Belfast Avenue on Tuesday night did not have a working smoke detector, officials said.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2024
Two of Maine’s most rural counties need to build more housing more quickly, state says
A report published Tuesday includes targets that each county should hit to meet a statewide goal of adding 84,000 homes by 2030. But it falls short of issuing any mandates.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2024
Federal bill could ease housing crisis in rural Maine
Towns want and need more housing but say they lack the developers and the money to make it happen.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2024
Can luxury apartments actually help solve Maine’s housing crisis?
Despite pervasive 'supply skepticism,' the evidence suggests the answer is yes: As the number of homes grows in an area, prices tend to fall and lower-cost units get freed up. But advocates say it takes time – and there are many hurdles.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2024
Housing’s worst crisis in decades reverberates through 2024 race
At stake in the next two months are the votes of frustrated homebuyers and renters in battleground states.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2024
Public health, privacy concerns raised as Oakland Town Council considers rules for recreational vehicles
Town councilors discussed proposed regulations Wednesday night for living long term in such vehicles, but said they were not ready to vote on an ordinance.
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