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Small Town Living In Maine

Andrew Mooers — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 19:29:23 +0000

Small town living in Maine. The attraction of Maine small town living is stronger than ever. The longing for space, a sense of connection and being needed is part of it. The joy of volunteering and helping others is a way of life in Maine small town living too. Volunteering is a way of life […]

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Maine Small Towns Are Really Just Big Families

Andrew Mooers — Wed, 12 May 2021 12:10:59 +0000

Maine small towns are really just big families. You know the feeling when you crowd into a large, noisy expensive restaurant. Now, compare that experience with what happens when just a few people dine around you. The mom and pop owners go out of their way with home cooked food and personal service. Their Maine […]

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If You Were A Town Manager In A Small Maine Town.

Andrew Mooers — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 02:52:20 +0000

Not many of us are Maine town managers. Yet Maine is blessed with 108 small communities. That have such public servants at the helm. Leading the way. Tending the affairs of what happens out in the open, behind the scenes too day to day. Nightly meetings with selectmen, councilors can go smoothly, be harmonious, productive. […]

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Buckling Down In Small Maine Towns.

Andrew Mooers — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 23:16:52 +0000

Revenue sharing trickling back to small Maine towns, the faucet quickly turned off. Shut down. Funds to write grants, compete for becoming scarcer by the day. The incline racketed straight up. An extremely competitive, time consuming process. Shrinking ROI return. So what do you, the small Maine town do if the future shows to expect […]

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Saving Money Running A Small Maine Town.

Andrew Mooers — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 11:41:30 +0000

Maine has 108 small towns, and the pride in these scattered, spaced communities is fierce. But as the economic realities hit home and change does not happen to react or respond to them, the community flywheel of industry and commerce slows. Strained because what adjustments could be done are not. And red ink bleeding out, […]

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Making Progress, Coming Together In A Small Maine Town.

Andrew Mooers — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:51:41 +0000

There is a reason rear view mirrors are so small, the windshield in front so big. And all that wrap around glass to see what’s going on from the sides. Looking back too much takes your eyes off the road. You miss what is happening now around you when traveling. When you stop moving, you […]

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