February 27, 2016 Bangor Daily News By the BDN Editorial Board The need for additional affordable housing for Maine’s senior residents is clear: A recent study found that 9,000 households headed by someone over 55 are on waiting lists for housing that is within their...
February 26, 2016 Bangor Daily News By Meg Haskell, BDN Staff By the time Cecile Lyle, a 75-year-old widow in Sanford, pays the $800 rent and utility bills each month for the one-bedroom apartment she shares with her physically disabled daughter, Madeleine, there’s...
February 23, 2016 Journal Tribune By Tammy Wells, Senior Staff Writer The Maine Affordable Housing Coalition is expressing frustration that a $15 million bond that would provide safe, affordable housing to 225 senior citizens has not released by Gov. Paul LePage four...
February 22, 2016 Media Alert: For Immediate Release Contact: Greg Payne, Maine Affordable Housing Coalition, (207)756-0751 PORTLAND – Following over three months of inaction since nearly 70% of Maine voters approved a $15 million general obligation bond to build...
February 18, 2016 Bangor Daily News By Christopher Cousins Good morning from Augusta, where Mother Nature, for once, has been the spectacle. On Wednesday, I was diverted from politics for a couple of hours when my editors tasked me with gathering photos, videos...
February 5, 2016 Portland Press Herald Editorial Given the risk to children, new rules on exposure and cleanup need to be finalized immediately. A massive failure of government in Flint, Michigan, has jeopardized the well-being of thousands of children. But Flint’s...
February 3, 2016 WABI TV 5 By the Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Public health advocates and lawmakers say Maine needs to move quicker to implement stricter lead poisoning standards that became law last year. The change calls for Maine to match the...
November 3, 2015 Bangor Daily News By Nick McCrea BANGOR, Maine — Mainers have voted to borrow $100 million to fund elderly housing projects and highway and bridge improvements, according to projections by the Bangor Daily News. Question 2 asked voters...
October 22, 2015 The Maine Affordable Housing for Low-Income Seniors Bond, Question 2 was on the November 3, 2015 ballotin Maine as a legislatively referred bond question, where it was approved.[1] Voting yes would have issued a $15 million bond for housing...
June 11, 2015 Portland Press Herald By J. Craig Anderson In the waning days of the current legislative session, representatives of Maine’s construction industry are getting worried that proposals to fund infrastructure and housing projects won’t make it onto...
