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>>> THE MARCH ISSUE IS OUT AND IT 4@FOCUSES ON THE BEST PLACES TO LIVE IN MAINE.
THIS IS ALWAYS A LIST THAT GETS
A LOT OF 4@CONVERSATION GOING.4
WE WILL TALK ABOUT4@ TH4@E BEST
PLACES TO LIVE IN A MOMENT.4@
BUT I WANT TO TOUCH ON ANOTHER
ARTICLE.
ABOUT A COUPLE WHO ARE TRYING
TO BRING ICELANDIC GOATS4@4@ TO
MAINE.
>> IF ANYBODY HAS A PASSING
FAMILIARITY WITH THEM,
APPARENTLY THEY WERE FEATURED
IN GAME OF THRONES.
IT IS A RARE BREED OF GOAT.4@
THEY DO A NUMBER OF THINGS.
I HAVE PICKED BERRIES THERE.
BUT THEY SPECIALIZE IN RAISING
REAL LIVESTOCK.
THEY ARE TRYING TO BRING BACK A
RARE SPECIES OF GOATS THAT
EXIST IN ICELAND.
THEY CAN BE BRED INTO LIFE.4@
THE ARTICLE SHEDS LIGHT ON HOW
THAT PROCESS WORKS.
IT DEFIES EASY SUMMARY.
>>4@4@ WE WILL NOT GIVE A SPOIL
THE REASONING FOR WHY THEY GO
ABOUT THIS IN THE WAY THEY ARE @
IS INTERESTING.
IT IS A FASCINATING 4@PROJECT.
IF THEY PULL IT OFF IT WILL BE
THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD
OUTSIDE OF ICE LAND WHERE THE
ICELANDIC GOATS ARE.
>> WHICH ARE VALUABLE FOR A
NUMBER OF REASONS.4@
IT SHEDS AN INTERESTING LIGHT
ON WHAT YOUR RURAL NEIGHBORS
ARE DOING.4@
WE 4@ALSO HAVE4@ BEAUTIFUL PHOT
>> I COULD SPEND TIME LOOKING
AT THOSE PHOTOS.
>> ONTO THE LIST OF BEST PLACES
TO LIVE 4@IN MAINE.
IT IS AN ANNUAL FEATURE.
ON THE COVER YOU SAY THE CASE
FOR AUGUSTA,4@ SERIOUSLY, AUGUS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GOT
PEOPLE TALKING.
TO 4@PUT AUGUSTA, WHICH HAS TAK
A LOT OF FLAK OVER THE YEARS,
AS ONE OF THE 4@BEST PLACES4@.
>> THERE IS A LINE IN THE STORY
WRITTEN BY MY COLLEAGUE THAT
SAYS, YOU PROBABLY HEARD THE
UNFLATTERING NICKNAME.
I HATE TO UTTER THAT ON THIS
PROGRAM.
BECAUSE THE THING ABOUT AUGUSTA
, WALLET IS A CITY THAT IS HAD @
ITS TROUBLES LIKE A LOT OF
TOWNS THAT 4@HAVE SEEN ECONOMIC
THINGS DECLINE, THERE IS 4@A BI
OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ZEST IN
DOWNTOWN IN PARTICULAR.4@
YOU CAN SEE SOME GREAT PHOTOS
OF SOME OF THE SHOPKEEPERS THAT
SHOWS A LITTLE BIT HOW THIS
PLACE MAY BE A PARAGON OF URBAN
LIVING ON PAR WITH PORTLAND4@ B
MORE AFFORDA4@BLE AND WITH MORE
STREET CREDIT.
>> MORE AFFORDABLE.
AND MAGNIFICENT BUILDINGS.
BEAUTIFUL 4@ARCHITECTURE.
THEY ARE TRYING NOT TO JUST4@
BRING ABOUT THE RESURRECTION,
BUT CREATE REALLY 4@SOMETHING N@
. THIS WHOLE URBAN
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN LIVE
AND WORK AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THIS AMAZING 4@RESOURCE.
THE RIVER.
THESE FANTASTIC BUILDINGS4@. TH
INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE
ENTREPRENEURS, IT TENDS TO BE
FOLKS WHO ARE FROM 4@THE AREA.
IT TENDS TO BE FOLKS IN THEIR
30s THAT ARE COMING BACK4@ FROM
SOMEPLACE ELSE.
MAYBE THEY WENT AWAY FOR
EDUCATION OR THEY CAME TO
PORTLAND AND THEY CAME BACK4@
BECAUSE OF AN OPPORTUNITY.
THEY ARE BUILDING THIS LIVE AND
WORK ENVIRONMENT.
YOU CAN GET A LOFTED APARTMENT
OF OF A BREWERY OVERLOOKING THE
RIVER FOR4@ $1500 FOR A TWO-
BEDROOM PLACE.
>> ANOTHER PLACE ON THE LIST, A
GREAT PLACE,4@ WHEN JULIE.
>>4@ OF THE TIME WE WROTE THE
STORY WE WERE UP IN THE AIR AS
TO WHETHER OR NOT THE
SADDLEBACK WOULD RETURN.4@4@4@
THE PLAN IS THAT SADDLEBACK
WILL BE UP AND RUNNING BY THE
END OF DECEMBER AND WE ARE
EXCITED. THE POINT OF THE STORY
IS, THIS IS A PRETTY COOL TOWN
WITHOUT OR WITH SADDLEBACK.
IF YOU ARE INTO OUTDOOR
RECREATION, WE HOPE THE
MOUNTAIN IS UP AND RUNNING IN
THE NEXT YEAR. 4@
IF YOU ENJOY4@ BIKING OR CROSS-
COUNTRY SKIING, SNOWMOBILI4@NG4
AND LIKEWISE DURING THIS TIME
OF UNCERTAINTY, THERE HAS BEEN
THIS CROP OF ENTREPRENEURS
SAYING WE WILL KEEP SOMETHING
GOING HERE.
>> HERE IS A COMMUNITY THAT
WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN ON THE LIST
10 OR 15 YEARS AGO.4@4@
WESTBROOK.
IT IS TURNING AROUND.
>> THE COMMON THREAD OF A LOT
OF THE FOLKS THIS YEAR IS IT
HIS PLACES THAT 10 OR 15 YEARS
AGO, YOU WOULD'VE SAID4@ WHAT?
WESTBROOK HAS A TREMENDOUS
RESOURCE IN THE MIDDLE.
IT IS CATCHING SOME OF THE
PORTLAND OVERFLOW.
IT IS MORE AFFORDABLE THAN
OTHER PLACES IN THE METRO.
THERE IS TALK OF THIS LIGHT
RAIL LINE WHICH IS MUCH IN THE
IDEA PHASE.
BUT THAT WOULD MA4@KE IT AN
EXCITING PLACE. THE ROCK ROAD
DEVELOPMENT, A LOT 4@OF ENERGY.
>> 4@WE WILL BRING UP THIS PHOT
WHOEVER THOUGHT THAT BIDDEFORD4
WOULD BE ONE OF THE BUSIEST
PLACES IN THE ENTIRE STATE? 4@
>>4@ WE DID A THING WHERE A FEW
OF US SPEAK UP FOR THE TOWNS
WHERE 4@WE LIVE.
BIDDEFORD IS ONE 4@OF THEM.
A LOT OF IT IS ASPIRATIONAL.
IT IS FUN TO DREAM.4@
>> WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO HIT
EVERY COMMUNITY.
BUT WE WILL GO TO EAST PORTLAND.
AS YOU POINT OUT,4@ THIS4@ IS A
WONDERFUL COMBINATION OF
QUIRKINESS AND INEXPENSIVE
MISS.
>> I LOVE4@ THE COAST OF MAINE.
IT TO SCRUBS A LOT OF PEOPLE.
DOWN EAST IS A PLACE WHERE YOU
CAN'T AFFORD TO DO IT.
MAKE AN IMPACT AND BE PART OF
THE UP-AND-COMING COMMUNITY.
>>4@ COASTAL PROPERTY FOR LESS
THAN $200,000.
YOU WILL NOT FIND THAT IN 4@
SOUTHERN MAINE.
IT IS A FUN WANT TO GO OVER.
THANK YOU AS ALWAYS. IT IS THE
MARCH ISSUE OF DOWN EAST