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Investigate your way to home ownership

Buying a home is a big investment, and while there is no one right home, it’s important to buy the home that best fits your needs, wants and financial situation. Generally speaking, once you’ve found the home and have it under contract, you enter into what’s called a due diligence period. During this period, the […]

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On Alice’s rules and handles

I didn’t come from a wealthy family, but happened to live across the street — oops, road, because we were never permitted to call it a “street” — from one very wealthy lady. She was a memorable woman who had the economic recourses to build what she called was a white Connecticut farm house, breezily […]

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South Portland council OKs streetlight conversion, park project

SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council Tuesday night approved a $1.6 million project to replace lights in the city.  Councilors also accepted a donation from Stonyfield Organics yogurt company to establish an educational area at Bug Light Park. The city unanimously approved the project to retrofit about 1,700 streetlights and about 250 decorative and parking lot floodlights. […]

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Brunswick election ballot starts to take shape

BRUNSWICK — Some members of the Town Council and School Board are planning to seek re-election in November, and so far every race is uncontested. Nomination papers became available July 27 and are due at the Brunswick Town Clerk’s office no later than 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7.  In addition to one at-large seat on both […]