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With 11 houses in the pipeline for Freeport and South Portland, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland announced its selection of a new executive director who said she plans to accelerate the nonprofit s home-building work.
“The organization is poised to really develop its vision and build on the tremendous momentum of recent years,” Tara Hill said in a news release. “I look forward to being a part of the effort to bring Habitat to the next level, making a positive difference for those in need of safe and affordable homes.”
Hill succeeds Interim Executive Director John Shumadine. Her past experience includes serving as the executive director of Habitat for Humanity/7 Rivers Maine and Maine Cancer Foundation. Most recently, she was the director of community development at Town & Country Federal Credit Union.
A Window on the Past
Willard Engine and Ladder Company
By Kathryn Onos DiPhilippo
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We continue this week with the history of the Willard Engine and Ladder Company No. 2. As mentioned last week, the call company was originally formed in 1892 by a group of men in the Willard neighborhood, led by Willis F. Strout. Initially under the name Willard Hose Company No. 2, the men voted for Willis Strout to serve as their captain and they quickly set about the work of building a hose house on Preble Street in Willard Square.
Members of the Willard Hose Company riding on their Peerless Hose 2 truck. Fireman Norman Thompson is at the wheel.
Maine’s housing market broke records in 2020, with sales and prices through the roof
Despite the pandemic, the year s home sales outpaced all previous years, and the median price of homes sold rose to a new high of $256,000.
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It took Colin Wagner, a first-time homebuyer, eight months and multiple rejected offers before he finally purchased a house in South Portland. Despite the pandemic, residential real estate sales broke records in Maine during 2020. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
If you were trying to buy a home in Maine in 2020, you needed a pile of money, a dash of creativity or a dose of luck.
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