The median home price hit a record in May and June, but prices cooled slightly in July. We’ve got 5 takeaways from this month’s housing report.
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Posted inMaine, New England, News
Coast Guard postpones removal of buoys from Maine waters after outcry
The agency’s plan, announced this spring, would have removed almost 150 buoys as part of an effort to modernize the navigational setup.
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Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, New England, News
Owner of 11 Maine nursing homes files for bankruptcy
Genesis Healthcare, headquartered in Pennsylvania, operates facilities in Farmington and Lewiston, among others.
Posted inMaine, New England, News
Body pulled from ocean near Isles of Shoals off York coast
Police in New Hampshire are trying to identify the body that was spotted by a fisherman off the coast of York and Portsmouth.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, New England, News
South Paris man pleads guilty to 2020 Boston hotel killing
Aaron Parsons, 47, was sentenced to up to 16 years in Massachusetts state prison for the death of 29-year-old Sarah Dorany, prosecutors said.
Posted inCommunity, Health, Maine, New England, Times Record
Freeport High School students win organ donor poster contest
Three students from Freeport High School were the top winners of the New England Donor Services Donate Life High School Poster Contest and were honored at the Maine State House during the last week of May.
Posted inNew England, Sports
Massachusetts school rallies around student athlete detained by ICE
The Milford High boys volleyball team asked fans to where white in support of an 18-year-old with no criminal record who was arrested on his way to practice Saturday.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, New England, Religion and Values
Convicted former Catholic priest, Cheverus teacher dies at 87
James Talbot, who taught at the Portland Catholic school in the 1980s and 1990s, was convicted of sexually assaulting boys in Maine and Massachusetts after he was exposed by The Boston Globe.
Posted inBusiness, New England, News
Market Basket CEO placed on paid leave amid dispute with supermarket chain’s board
The board’s executive committee is reportedly investigating whether Arthur T. Demoulas was considering leading a work stoppage.
Posted inMaine, New England, News
The weather in Maine has been weird lately, even by New England standards
Severe downpours, 80-degree days and snow accumulation on Maine’s peaks are among the surprises May has brought to the state.