The trust plans to build six affordable homes off of Beachwood Avenue. If all goes well, they will be ready for sale by fall 2025, according to the trust’s Executive Director Larissa Crockett.
Eloise Goldsmith
Eloise is originally from outside of Washington, D.C. These days, she's based in Portland and is a reporter for the Northern Forecaster. Eloise joined the Maine Trust for Local News as a reporter for Kennebunk Post and the Biddeford Courier. Previously she was a fact checker and freelance reporter. Her reporting appears in The Nation, In These Times, Jacobin and elsewhere.
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Maine’s former economic development chief now works for Biddeford
George Gervais said he was attracted to the job because he wanted to contribute ‘to the next chapter in Biddeford’s success story.’
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York County businesses and residents left reeling from storms
Coastal communities were pummeled by huge waves, flooding, and wind gusts up to 60 mph. It was the second episode of extreme weather within days.
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Affordable housing development for seniors in Kennebunk clears important hurdle
On March 5, residents will vote on a contract zone proposal that would allow Avesta Housing to build an affordable housing development on Alewive Park Road.
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Formerly incarcerated Mainers need more support; State Rep. Dan Sayre wants to help
Sayre has sponsored legislation that would see the Department of Corrections do an evaluation of its current re-entry system to assess what needs improvement. The bill will be considered by the full legislature in the coming weeks.
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Wedding Cake House proposal will not appear on the March ballot
Instead of putting the proposed contract zone agreement to voters or rejecting it outright, the Kennebunk Select Board will likely send it back to the Planning Board.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Tricia Huot chosen to serve as city councilor in Saco’s Ward 6
Huot beat out Steven Boucouvalas to fill the seat vacated by recently-elected Saco Mayor Jodi MacPhail
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Biddeford ramps up focus on homelessness
The number of unhoused people in York County’s largest city is rising, and Biddeford has signaled it wants to confront the crisis with compassion and proactive policymaking.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
Protestors target General Dynamics factory in Saco
Demonstrators believe it’s likely that guided missile directors produced at the factory are used by Israel in its ongoing military campaign in Gaza.
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OOB misses deadline to comply with state housing law, Biddeford makes it just in time
In addition to enacting small changes to comply with LD 2003, Biddeford City Council passed another key affordable housing measure: inclusionary zoning.