Portland has sent out new property valuations for homeowners after a monthslong reassessment process. The assessed value of your property will impact how much you pay in taxes next year.
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Portland’s property revaluation results are in — and homeowners are not happy
This is the second revaluation of homes in the city since 2021, when the Portland City Council voted to mandate a reassessment of property values every 5 years.
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Posted inMaine, News
Former Ogunquit man identified as killer in Massachusetts cold case
Investigators say they used genetic genealogy testing to identify the late Joseph Leo Boudreau as the person who killed an Ayer woman in 1980.
Posted inMaine
Presumpscot Regional Land Trust ready to launch Summer Trail Challenge
The trust encourages participants to visit six conservation sites in the Lake Sebago watershed between July 1 and Aug. 31.
Posted inDo This, Guides, Maine
Choose from 20 places to play mini golf in Maine
Find dog-, dinosaur- and nautical-themed courses, as well as snack bars and ice cream stands at several.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Sports
Bills on transgender athletes in girls sports divide lawmakers in Maine House
Lawmakers in the Maine House of Representatives gave initial support to a bill to bar transgender athletes in girls sports Friday night, while also narrowly rejecting a bill that would require teams be designated male, female or coed.
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One of Katahdin hikers likely died after falling and sliding into boulders
The Maine Office of Chief Medical Examiner says Esther Keiderling died of blunt force trauma. Baxter State Park officials say she likely slipped on icy terrain during the descent.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
CMP conservation plan insufficient, environmental groups tell state regulators
CMP said the conservation plan is just one part of a comprehensive set of requirements to address the overall project impacts, and that the concerns identified are dealt with elsewhere in the permit orders.
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Maine lawmakers give initial approval to ban on untraceable ‘ghost guns’
The bill, which would prohibit untraceable firearms and require serial numbers on firearms, advanced in a 77-70 vote in the House of Representatives and 18-17 in the Senate.
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Maine lawmakers give mobile homeowners a leg up in park purchases
Legislators passed a bill to give mobile homeowners the ‘right of first refusal’ when their parks go up for sale.