Federal money will pay for safety needs in Portland, Brunswick and Augusta.

While volume dropped 8.85 percent from a year ago, the median price rose 5.12 percent to $200,000.

Judges choose Bluet, a maker of sparkling wine made from wild blueberries, out of the 26 contestants in the entrepreneurial game show’s second season.

The preliminary rate of 3.2 percent is up slightly from April’s 3.0 percent, but still well below the same month in 2016.