LEWISTON — A Planning Board review of a controversial housing development is aimed as much at voters as it is at city officials. Developer Jim Hatch said he’ll present plans for Phyllis St. Laurent’s housing development to the board Monday, Sept. 22. “It’s not a formal review at this point,” Hatch said. “We haven’t made […]
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Brookside Village housing project celebrated in Farmington
FARMINGTON — The opening of Brookside Village Affordable Senior Housing, the first net-zero energy housing project for the state, was celebrated Thursday. With 228 solar panels and a number of geothermal wells, the 32-apartment complex will use no fossil fuels, developer Byron “Buzz” Davis told an audience of tenants and others. The energy systems will […]
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Changes, vandalism delay Lewiston veterans’ shelter
LEWISTON — A housing program for veterans should be ready this fall, despite some changes and a few setbacks. Vincent Perrone, president of Veterans Inc., of Worcester, Mass., said his company’s renovation of the former St. Joseph’s School at 393 Main St. should be ready for occupants Nov. 1. “Things are going really well, and we’ve […]
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Auburn theater group considers housing plan next door
AUBURN — An idea to tie a new artist housing and studio development with the Community Little Theatre will be presented to the public Thursday night. Community Little Theatre President Chris L’Hommedieu said his group is hosting a town hall meeting at 6 p.m. June 19 at the theater, 30 Academy St., for the public […]
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Froma Harrop: The housing bust and the American psyche
Real estate mania lives on at the HGTV cable channel, where house shoppers still holler for granite on their kitchen islands and his-and-her sinks in their en suite bathrooms. But in the non-TV reality of middle-class America, the bloom is definitely off the real estate rose. The rose isn’t dead, mind you. Surveys show an […]
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Rival Lewiston landlord group arising
LEWISTON — A disagreement about city politics and efficiency has inspired a group of Lewiston landlords to split off from the Lewiston-Auburn Landlords Association. Landlord Darcy Reed said a disagreement about city trash collections and how to deal with a proposed 29-unit housing development highlights the reason for her to create the new group, the […]
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Lewiston developer insists 29 unit project about rebuilding
LEWISTON — People rebuild when what they own gets destroyed in a fire, and Phyllis St. Laurent insists that’s all she’s trying to do, but groups of landlords are circulating a petition seeking to overturn the city’s approval of her project before she gets started. “I thought, when (my buildings) burned down, there would be […]
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D. Pelletier: Housing project not needed
During a Lewiston City Council meeting on April 15, the Council voted 4-3 in support of a $5 million project to replace three burned out buildings in the downtown area. My husband and I oppose the project and we are starting a petition to stop it. There are about 300 empty apartments in Lewiston now; […]
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Lewiston approves minimum thermostat level increase to 68 degrees
LEWISTON — A plan to require landlords to turn up the heat by two degrees won City Council approval Tuesday. Councilors voted 7-0 to make some housekeeping changes to the city’s building maintenance code to match state rules on minimum heat. State building ordinances require landlords to heat their buildings to 68 degrees year round. […]
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UMaine to give underclassmen higher housing priority over juniors, seniors
UMaine makes it mandatory for freshmen who live more than 30 miles from the school to live on campus. Since the number of first-year students has been steadily increasing over the last few years through a concerted effort to stabilize the university’s financial troubles, less dorm space is available to the upperclassmen. In the past, […]