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‘Tis the Season For Summer Theater! Theater at Monmouth’s 2012 Season Begins!The Theater at Monmouth is gearing up for what looks to be a great 43rd season - and the first for TAM’s new Producing Artistic Director, Dawn McAndrews. Cast and crew have begun to arrive and the lineup of shows looks...
06/07/2012
Tomorrow Is National Chocolate Ice Cream Day! June 7, 2012 is National Chocolate Ice Cream Day! I passed by National Donut Day on June 1. Donuts. Eh. I can take them or leave them. (Mostly leave them, I guess.) But pass up a whole day dedicated to chocolate ice cream?!? I don't think s...
06/06/2012
Home Buyers: I said it before and I'll say it again - a good offer made with no request for the seller to pay the buyer's closing costs will almost always look much better to the seller than an offer that includes closing cost assistance. Sellers look at the offer's bottom line...how much goes...
06/05/2012
Dear Maine Home Seller: Does Your Agent Offer a Service Guarantee? When you interviewed your agent about selling your home, did you ask about his or her service guarantee? Last night I got a call from a woman I had been talking with for a couple of months about selling her home. Three weeks a...
06/05/2012
Kennebec County Flood Warnings In Augusta, ME The heavy rains coming down over much of Southern and Central Maine for the past 2 days have caused the Kennebec River to rise to over 15' today in Augusta. (Flood stage for the river in Augusta is 12'.) The flood warnings have been extended throu...
06/04/2012
May 2012 Market Data Kennebec County, Maine – Single Family Home Sales Location # Units Sold Median List Price Median Sold Price Albion 1 $32,000 $28,000 Augusta 10 $139,925 $138,250 Belgrade 2 $392,500 $377,500 Benton 2 $83,250 $82,750 Chelsea 4 $127,400 $125,500 Chin...
06/03/2012
Bringing Her Back to Life - The Shipbuilder’s Mistress: Part 2 This is an update to an October 2010 blog post about a renovation project my husband and I had taken on in Gardiner, ME: Bringing Her Back to Life - The Shipbuilder’s Mistress. The renovations have gone slowly because we’ve been di...
06/02/2012
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The New Rules of Money The question of the day: Where is your money? Is your money in the stock market? With today's news about the job market and the subsequent plunge in the stock market, any gains made since the beginning of the year are gone. How about treasuries? 10 year treasuries hav...
06/01/2012
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A Hand Written Note Can Say a Thousand Words I was reminded of the truth of this recently. I had a closing a couple of weeks ago with a buyer client that went relatively smoothly, all things considered. There had been some hiccups that arose when the title company stepped in to do their title ...
05/09/2012
Chalet in the Woods - Home for Sale in Readfield, ME Overview Maps Photos Description 60 Touisset Point, Readfield, ME slide show $169,000 Single Family Home Main Features 4 Bedrooms2 BathroomsInterior: 1,620 sqftLot: 1.92 acre(s) Location 60 Touisset PointReadfield, ME 04355USA To get updates o...
05/03/2012