Yep, old bill LWH usage and new bill KWH usage. I find it hard to believe with the old rates you were burning $260 worth of electricity a month without some sort of electric heating/cooling involved, or some other major draw, because you're probably well north of 1000 KWH/month.

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In addition to what else has been posted:

A lot of townships had smaller built up areas with their own village names. Keep in mind a standard town is 6x6 miles so it could be a significant walk or ride. Most of these historical villages have since been built between causing them to be hard to locate, but on the coast, you still see a few around. The built up groups of houses were largely grouped into the village areas which might include a store, post office, school etc. Areas in between might have been used for agricultural, Woodlots, etc.

In addition to the railroads mentioned, there were extensive steamship routes on the coasts and rivers with daily or weekly service between many small towns and the larger cities including Boston.

We have a flushometer style toilet on my ship that is cocked somewhat to fit in a weird corner. It should work as long as the flange is angled correctly, and you can make the water hookup work.

https://www.maine.gov/sos/bmv/registration/antique.html

There's nothing limiting mileage or carrying of things, just that it's not your PRIMARY vehicle.

I have two cars registered as antiques, in addition to my normal daily driver, and never had any issues.

They've changed a few times over the years, but you can check the state website for full current details.

There used to be a mileage limit I believe, but last I knew that is gone.

Last I knew: -25 model years old or older -Have to have at least one other regular vehicle registration for your DD. -no annual inspection required

A large number of rural schools got hit, needing to raise pay to comply with the states new minimum teacher pay law due to how bad some of the pay is.

The minimum for this year is only $40k for a certified teacher.

My (limited) experience repairing dryers is usually the temp sensor fails or the gas solenoid on a gas dryer.

You should be able to find a schematic and manual for your unit and go thru and figure out which has failed, or option two is to just throw parts at it.

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If your employer doesn't offer insurance, the whole point of the federal exchange is to be able to compare plan benefits and costs without having to call every company. You punch in your info, it will determine subsidies, and give you options and prices.

Pretty much all the non-standard offers will be more expensive unless you jump thru their special hoops.

All the no-name providers are shell companies buying power from the same place the standard offer gets it and reselling it to you. Unless they can buy it for less than the state negotiates, you're going to end up paying more.

Most of them rely on you signing up for a teaser rate and forgetting (or being contractually locked in) when that ends.

Because the state is doing it. Coming soon to your electric grid

They lock in the "standard offer" rate for the year I believe so it's fixed until 2024

Most of it is the supplier ISO New England, not CMP or Versant.

It's largely a function of electricity being more expensive to generate due to things like increases in natural gas cost, paying premiums to encourage renewables, etc.

I would skip the floor.

Scrape off any duff layer and spread some gravel for drainage and you should be golden.

If you're concerned about moisture you can stack on old pallets or PT timbers to keep the stacked wood off the (potentially) wet ground layer

When going outside: layers layers layers, hat and gloves make a big difference. Some sort of ice grippers for your shoes for when it inevitably gets icy.

Find some outdoor activities to do, even if it's just for short stints, it can be quite beautiful. Make an excuse to get out, go to a new resturant/cafe, etc.

When it's blizzardy use it as an excuse to cuddle up at home, make comfort foods, wear pajamas all day, binge Netflix, read, and other self care type activities depending on your tastes.

For the car: ice scraper, blankets, bag of kitty litter (traction aid) stuff like that. I also carry a heavy older coat for those times when you go out with a lighter coat, but might get stuck in the cold. Keep the washer fluid topped up, if you end up driving in slush/salt mix the windshield gets dirty quick and will eat up washerfluid quickly.

If you're not used to driving in snow slow down, do not feel the need to keep up with the idiots, if needed pull over and let them by.

MEGIS has lot maps for most towns on their website that will import into Google earth. The exact lines can be a little inaccurate but it will give you a good idea. That will tell you tax map/lot number. From there you can cross reference with the towns tax commitment book.

Ask for permission if you can, be aware of the season laws, as well as being 300+ft from buildings. In the thick maine woods you can very easily be less than 300ft and not be aware of it.

Snowshoes are a hard thing to hunt as a beginner, and 100x harder once there's snow on the ground. Best bet is to look for tracks and do a slow still hunt from there. They are very easy to startle and they will run off quickly, however they tend to make a big loop back to their den so sometimes hanging out or checking back in that area later can work successfully.

Be safe and good luck!

Did the congressional staff get back to you? It may take a few days.

I would contact the local post master and your congressman. 10 days of no mail is unacceptable. I'm assuming it's a rural contract deliverer?

Depending on the offense they can give you a one time reprieve when you show up. You will get a piece of paper that says you're good for the trip, but don't come back. The permit also requires a fee of something like $300 IIRC.

I worked on a ship that went to Vancouver, largely with the same people, once or twice a month for a few years. Several people made it in quite a few times before Canada decided they were persona non grata, and told them not to come back. One guy came in 6-8 times before they realized he ha been in jail for "kidnapping" and told him never to return.

You can also fill our the form, or hire a lawyer, for permanent rehabilitation. There's no guarantee that they grant it, and no timeline for completion. I've seen several people take up to a year, and some just never get a response at all.

Prices are always slowed to drop than raise.

Maine has a weird gasoline market with spots that are drastically more expensive for no logical reason. It feels like it's gotten worse since Covid.

For the last year Bucksport has been more expensive than the surrounding towns by 20+ cents a gallon. It's strange because the gas litterally gets brought to Bucksport by ship and requires a <5 mile drive from the Webber fuels terminal to the gas stations. I believe the surrounding towns also get their gas from the same fuel terminal.

There are however, property prices tend to be pretty high down south. The further you get away from Boston/Portland the cheaper stuff gets. Once you get out of the weekend driving range of Boston prices drop off a cliff pretty quick.

There are waterfront camp lots in interior Washington County (vicinity of Rt 9) available for <$50k.

I've found that Landwatch.com can be a good way to find cheaper rural acreage. Generally lower priced listing don't get the full MLS treatment because of the cost of listing.

Lots of small towns have no zoning outside of the state mandated shoreland zoning, and septic permitting.

If you pick one of those towns just read their shoreland zoning laws, and pick a spot where you can legally build without needing to get planning board/code enforcement officer approval, and go for it. In the more rural areas of the state plenty of people have cheaper camps that are sheds, yurts, permanently parked campers, etc with no zoning issues.

Typically shoreland zoning covers 250ft to great ponds (10+ acres), and 100ft from streams/small ponds. There are two basic model zoning plans that the system put out in the early 90's, and towns adopted one or the other with some changes, so it does vary from town to town. Inside the zone it can be possible to build, depending on exactly what you want to do, but it all requires permits and approvals.

If you want an outhouse it will require a Septic permit, and if you build in the shoreland zone mentioned above they will likely make you get at least a gray water leachfield permitted and built. Composting toilets, and other similar systems don't require a permit.

Not sure about your specific municipality, but generally speaking nationwide recycling has gone backwards signifigantly in the last few years.

Generally speaking there is a market for cardboard, and metals. Plastic used to mostly get shipped to China, and around mid 2020 they more or less stopped buying it so a lot of it is being landfilled today. Glass is heavy and is cheaper to landfill, sometimes it is smashed and mixed into "fill" for construction.

Obviously this varies by location significantly. If you're anywhere near Bangor waste has in the pastbbeen burned at PERC, and was supposed to be getting turned into natural gas before that company went bankrupt (different towns signed different agreements on where waste went). Now PERC is handling a lot less volume and most of it is going to the landfill.

The standard in the US for years has been 6%. The split is "3/3" but actually is typically 3.5% to the sellers agent, 2.5% to the buyers due to the cost of listing MLS, etc.

Not saying you can't negotiate better, plenty of people do, and there's more options than ever for listing methods.

Obviously the quality of realtors is all over the map because the licensing bar is relatively low, so hire accordingly.