PORTLAND (AP) — The head of Maine’s economic development department is giving the keynote speech at a real estate conference that is drawing hundreds of real estate professionals. The Maine Real Restate and Development Association is hosting its annual Real Estate Forecast Conference and Member Showcase today at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s secretary of state’s office is warning corporations to be wary of solicitations urging them to file certain information and send $125 payments. The state says it has received calls regarding the legitimacy of solicitations mailed to numerous Maine corporations from a company named Corporate Records Service. The solicitations look real because […]

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Department of Transportation says it has come up with a plan to fix a lift bridge between New Hampshire and Maine that had gotten stuck and caused traffic problems along the seacoast. Department spokesman Bill Boynton says authorities were performing a routine test on the bridge around 1:30 […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine Realtors say both sales and median prices of single family homes rose in December, reflecting national trends. The Maine Real Estate Information System, a multiple listing service, says sales were up 11.8 percent to 888 homes. It also says the medium price rose 6.25 percent to $170,000, meaning half the homes […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Polar air settled in earnest over the Northeast after trekking through the Midwest, grinding trains to a halt, bursting pipes and bringing further misery to folks still trying to recover from Superstorm Sandy. In a damaged neighborhood near the beach on New York City’s Staten Island, people who haven’t had heat […]