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Real Estate Thursday - The Real Estate Market Is Looking Up! - Is Now The Time To Buy?

Submitted by Tiffany J. Hampton, Community Blogger/REALTOR
Thursday, December 1st, 2011, 10:46am
Real Estate Thursday - The Real Estate Market Is Looking Up! - Is Now The Time To Buy?

10 Ways to Prepare for Home Ownership

1. Decide what you can afford. Generally, you can afford a home equal in value to between two and three times your gross income.

2. Develop your home wish list. Then, prioritize the features on your list.

3. Select where you want to live. Compile a list of three or four neighborhoods you’d like to live in, taking into account items such as schools, recreational facilities, area expansion plans, and safety.

4. Start saving. Do you have enough money saved to qualify for a mortgage and cover your down payment? Ideally, you should have 20 percent of the purchase price saved as a down payment. Also, don’t forget to factor in closing costs. Closing costs — including taxes, attorney’s fee, and transfer fees — average between 2 and 7 percent of the home price.

5. Get your credit in order.

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Make Your Own Candy Cane

Submitted by mkellam, Community Content Provider
Thursday, December 1st, 2011, 9:13am
Make Your Own Candy Cane

Perkins Cove Candies, Route 1, Wells proudly announces a special holiday event.  "Make Your Own Candy Cane" held on Saturday, December 3rd and 10th from 10:00am until 2:00pm.

This free family event features Master Confectioner Emeritus, Lawrence LaChance, Perkins Cove Candies Chocolatier, Erin Peters.

The process of candy cane making will be demonstrated and everyone will have the opportunity to make and take home a unique hand made candy cane.

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Bishop blesses site of new Catholic church

Submitted by Tim Goff on Wednesday, November 30th, 7:30 pm

SOUTH BERWICK, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Bishop Richard Malone joined parishioners and contractors to bless, and then break, the ground of the site of a new Catholic church in South Berwick.

In 2008, the aging St. Michael's Church in South Berwick was closed and sold to the town to be transformed into a new library.  Members of the congregation joined with parishioners in Berwick and attended mass and gatherings at Our Lady Of Peace Church. 

Our Lady of Peace, which was converted from a farmhouse to a Catholic church in the 1920's, also was showing signs of its age, and was too small to accommodate the combined congregation.  Parishioners worked together to raise money to build a new church, and after years of effort purchased a parcel of land on Agamenticus Road in South Berwick.

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Arrows Titanic Dinner

Submitted by mkellam, Community Content Provider
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011, 2:44pm

 

   

 

The Titanic Sails Again, one of the most popular events, will be held on Sunday, December 4th from 6:00 to 9:00pm at Arrows Restaurant.  Five courses $58, with wine $89.  For reservations, call 207-361-1100 or visit www.arrowsrestaurant.com.

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CHRISTMAS BY THE SEA

Submitted by mkellam, Community Content Provider
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011, 2:35pm

 

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Christmas By The Sea in Ogunquit, an all day event, begins on Saturday, December 3rd for two weekends.  Held throughout downtown Ogunquit with tree lighting, caroling, chowder and chocolate fest, bonfire, Santa and much more!  For more information, visit www.visitogunquit.org.

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Kittery finds new police chief in Rochester

Submitted by Mike Kmack on Wednesday, November 30th, 8:21 am

KITTERY, Maine (AP) -- A 24-year veteran of the police department in Rochester, N.H., has been named police chief in Kittery.

Capt. Paul Callaghan, 47, will start his new job on Jan. 3, 2012.

He has been captain since 2004 and has put an emphasis on community policing.

Callaghan will be replacing longtime Kittery Police Chief Ed Strong, who is retiring at the end of the year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Find a Christmas Tree Farm near you!

Submitted by mmullen, Community Web Producer
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011, 5:20am
Find a Christmas Tree Farm near you!

CommunityWalk Map - Christmas Tree Farms - WCSH

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