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Top 5 Things to Do Before You Move into a New Apartment
1. Look through your belongings and get rid of anything you have not used or worn in the past two years, because chances are you will not need it in the future. This is a
Interviewing 101
The job interview: potentially one of the most dreaded — but necessary — events of our adult lives. But beyond an hour in “the hot seat,” interviews can — and should — be an interactive
Why Escrows Can Increase in Fixed-Rate Mortgages
Explaining Increasing Escrow: With 2016 just around the corner, many families are looking at their budgets for next year and wondering how the mortgage payment will fit into their finances. Did your mortgage payment increase even
Free financial counseling for Avesta residents
The Avesta NeighborWorks HomeOwnership Center (HOC) is partnering with Avesta Housing communities to offer free financial counseling and education to residents. The HOC is excited to help Avesta residents meet their financial goals! In these financial counseling sessions,
Avesta resident embraces healthy living and loses 120 lbs
Avesta Housing resident Judy Pulsifer of Stonecrest in Standish, Maine has lost 120 pounds, thanks to inspiration from an Avesta-sponsored cooking class offered at her property last year. Judy says learning how easy it was to
Adams School Condos become new home for Boston Marathon bombing survivor
Sitting on the couch in her new living room at the Adams School Condominiums, Karen McWatters talks about the blue and green rug underfoot — her first purchase for her new home. She built the
Celebrating the completion of Hyacinth Place in Westbrook
On May 16, we celebrated the grand opening of Hyacinth Place, a 37-apartment community on Walker Street in one of Westbrook’s historic neighborhoods. While the first residents began moving in back in September, we waited
Residents’ collections are inspiration for Maine College of Art students
Update: The artwork created through this partnership will be featured as part of Portland’s First Friday Art Walk on Feb. 7 at Oak Street Lofts! Bayside East residents will be at Oak Street Lofts to
‘We’re becoming family’: Event celebrates growing Stonecrest community
It was a perfect fall day last Friday to celebrate the opening of 25 new apartments for seniors and the disabled in Standish. While the apartments at Stonecrest II were completed in March, we like
