Bancroft
Bancroft, ME · Real Estate
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A longtime Caribou roller rink is for sale
A longtime roller rink that has been home to birthday parties and celebrations in Caribou for more than half a century is for sale. Melody Roller Rink hit the market late last week for $595,000. Ken and Elsie Doody, a husband and wife and former competitive dance skaters, opened the...
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Survey: Mainers want downtown Presque Isle and Rumford ‘brought back to life’
Main Street in the Aroostook County city of Presque Isle and Congress Street in the Oxford County town of Rumford were the top picks among 3,000 respondents surveyed about the downtowns they most wanted to see brought back to life. “The findings suggest that while many historic downtowns have lost...
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The Peaceful Maine Town Where Retirement Can Be Comfortable On $1,200 A Month
A retirement budget can disappear fast in most places, but one tiny corner of Maine still feels like a secret hiding in plain sight. Picture crisp northern air, river views, quiet streets, and a town rhythm slow enough to make mornings feel longer. Tucked in Aroostook County near the Canadian...
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Millinocket's Housing Development, Part 2
New housing areas continued to develop between the 1920’s and 1950’s and the older areas saw changes. Some of the Italian immigrants had paid off their debts for passage to America and built their own homes across the stream from the mill. Medway Road, the old tote road...
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Former Chinese restaurant razed in Presque Isle
An 8,000-square-foot building in Presque Isle that was formerly a Chinese restaurant was demolished last week. The pagoda-style structure, built in 2000 atop a hill on Main Street, stood out from the rest of the city’s commercial real estate. Its lot is now completely barren. It housed Oriental Pearl,...
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Woodland settles tax-acquired property lawsuit for $40,000
The Aroostook County town of Woodland settled a federal lawsuit for $40,000 in late March with a former resident who claimed the town did not fairly compensate him after it foreclosed on and sold his house to his son. Preston Brown Sr. sued the town last July, seeking more than...
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Inside Ward Cedar’s spring-shift log homes take form
HOULTON, Maine (WAGM)—Logging companies are changing their routines and tasks to accommodate the muddy spring season. Ward Cedar Homes, a cedar log home company in Houlton that has been in business for over a century, is ramping up work inside its mill. Inside the mill at Ward Cedar Homes,...
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Caribou takes large downtown building for unpaid taxes
Months after the customer support giant Sitel closed its downtown Caribou call center in 2019, a local developer bought the property, seeking to create apartments on the second floor and find a tenant for first floor office space. Six years later, the nearly 27,000-square-foot building at 63 Sweden St. remains...
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Aroostook developer turns an old school into a 4-season retreat
A Monticello developer dreamed of building a sledders’ haven. Now he’s hammering the finishing touches on what has evolved into a four-season destination. Littleton native Todd Thompson, 66, bought the 16,000-square-foot Wellington School in Monticello five years ago, along with an adjacent 25 acres of partially wooded riverside land.