UMaine shares plan to bring budget deficit down
Press
Herald - Thos. Moser is closing its longtime Freeport showroom
and relocating the operation, along with its Freeport staff, to Portland’s Old
Port by January. The move shifts a notable high-end furniture destination and
local jobs out of town, while highlighting Portland’s growing cluster of
Maine-based designers and retailers in the historic Storer Bros. Building.
At $6.04 per gallon, it will cost Mainers about $750 more to fill the standard 275-gallon oil tank this winter than last.
AOC stumps for Jackson as high profile figures descend on
Maine ahead of election
Press
Herald - The Maine Department of Health and Human Services took action
against two Portland behavioral health companies that receive federal funds
through MaineCare, according to records from the agency’s program integrity
unit.
DHHS suspended Medicaid payments
to Maine Connect Care earlier this year and another company, USA Family
Wellbeing, has received violation notices for alleged overbilling, according to
letters sent to the providers.
Both providers were included in a
confidential list of criminal division cases the Office of the Maine Attorney
General accidentally sent to reporters and other non-office employees on Oct.
8. Neither company appears to have been charged in state or federal court,
according to a review of online records.
WBLM
- It is rare to find a business that has been around for a few
decades. It is incredibly rare to find a
business that has been around for over a century, let alone several centuries! However,
that is the case with one hotel located in Southern Maine.
According to various sources,
including the history of the inn itself, this hotel has been welcoming guests
since the 1660s! Yes, the place has been
around for about 360 years.
Trish and Ken Mason are America’s
only known ninth-generation innkeepers.
Trish’s family has operated The Seaside House since 1756, when her
ancestor Jedidiah Gooch purchased the property from a cousin.
The history of the property goes
back even further. Records indicate an
inn was operating there as early as 1660, when ferrymen were asked to live on
the oceanfront peninsula at the mouth of the Kennebunk River and help travelers
cross the river.
News
Center Maine - Freeport is taking another step toward transforming its
downtown, with town councilors unanimously approving a new Downtown Tax
Incremental Financing District to help fund future improvements. The Town Council voted Oct. 20 to establish
the TIF district, which would provide a dedicated funding source for
infrastructure upgrades, pedestrian amenities, public spaces, and other
downtown investments….
The district covers approximately 300 acres along the U.S. Route 1 and Main Street corridor, stretching from Mallett Drive to the Metro Breez bus stop near Maine Beer Company.
…..Freeport has also updated
zoning regulations to encourage new housing and mixed-use developments. Nearly
150 housing units are currently under construction within the proposed
district, including three multifamily projects.
….According to Town Councilor Daniel Piltch, the district would give town leaders flexibility to address changing community needs.
"The strength of this TIF is
the flexibility it affords to town leaders to adapt to evolving community needs
over time without passing the cost on to existing taxpayers," Piltch said.
The town will now seek approval
from the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development before the
district can move forward.