A recent study says an average 44% of income-earning households on the Boothbay peninsula struggle to afford the cost of living. The report, the first of its kind from United Ways of Maine, spotlights challenges for residents who earn more than the.
Your Data Monitor correspondents have written about the influx of new residents to Maine a few times in the past several months, but a new set of Census data caught our attention. The new numbers show us which of Maine’s counties saw the biggest.
The new Mainers more than offset what demographers call the “natural” change, that is births and deaths. Every one of Maine’s 16 counties saw an increase.
New Census figures provide a county-by-county look at where Maine s newcomers are relocating wgan.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wgan.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
As Congress looks to reauthorize the chronically-underfunded National Flood Insurance Program next week, much of Maine is operating with flood maps that are decades old, if they exist at all. And the new maps that are being drawn are not designed.