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For Portland voters, affordable housing, homelessness are among top concerns

Por: Portland Press Herald Nation October 16, 2022

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This is the second of four stories about voters in four communities as Maine prepares to elect a new governor. Next Sunday: Lewiston Andy Nesheim and Zara Bohan bought their home in Portland’s Woodfords Corner neighborhood five years ago. It felt like a stretch then, but the price now would be completely out of reach, he said. Ever since they opened Coveside Coffee on Vannah Avenue last year, the No. 1 topic of conversation at the counter has... + full article



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