The National Weather Service office in Gray put it plainly in its September 16 forecast discussion: fog in the river valleys by sunrise, a cold front Friday, and a weekend running 5 to 10 degrees below normal with frost possible…
Maine Listings released the August numbers on Friday: 1,542 single-family homes sold statewide, down about 10 percent from August 2025, with the median price up to $424,550. The association's president said buyers now have more inventory and more room to…
This is the week the calls change. An insulation crew shows up to blow the attic, the foreman climbs through the hatch with a headlamp, comes back down, and says he cannot insulate over what he saw. Dark staining across…
The fourth named storm of the Atlantic season, Dolly, showed up on the maps Friday morning while a cold front pushed showers and thunderstorms across eastern Maine. Dolly is weakening on her way to the Leeward Islands, so she is…
This week the CBS13 I-Team reported on a southern Maine contractor who has been ordered to pay more than $1.2 million in combined civil judgments to homeowners who say he took their money and left the work unfinished. One of…
On July 29, most of the laws passed in Augusta this session quietly took effect. One of them changes the ground rules for every landlord in Maine with a damp building. LD 1927, An Act to Add Mold to the…
It is the second week of August and Maine is in the sticky part of the summer. If you own rentals you are mid turnover. And in about eight weeks the heat comes on, which changes indoor moisture more than…
You pulled something away from the basement wall and there it is. Or a tenant sent a photo of a bathroom ceiling and now you have to decide what to do about it before Monday. Either way, the first hour…
