Moving to Maine: The Essential Guide to Get You There and What You Need to Know to Stay

by Victoria Doudera

Overview

Following the success of Moving to Maine, author Victoria Doudera presents this revised, updated, and expanded second edition. Here she covers not only all the reasons to move to Maine but also what newcomers will find once they get here. The book answers questions future or recent newcomers might have about what Maine is really like as a place to live. It provides a broad range of information about schools, housing, cultural life, taxes, work and employment opportunities, and even the weather.

The new edition contains updated coverage on population changes and shifts in the cultural mix of Maine's population. There is new material on "virtual" Maine about how the state is on the cutting edge of the digital telecommunications world with its laptops-in-schools initiative. All statistical information is updated. New material is included on housing development and architectural trends as well as what it means to have a non-traditional family in Maine. There is also expanded coverage of media in Maine, including newspapers, magazines, websites, and tips on how to use the Web to do your own research on living in Maine.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781608932832
Publisher:	Down East Books
Publication date:	08/20/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	316
File size:	900 KB

About the Author

Victoria Doudera and her husband settled in Maine in 1986 to open a bed and breakfast and raise a family. They've been there ever since. Now a realtor, she has also contributed articles to Yankee, Parenting, and other magazines, and has published the Darby Farr series of mysteries. She lives in Camden, Maine.

Table of Contents

Introduction: You're Moving Where?     7
The Spirit of Maine     13
Maine 101     29
Economy and Work Opportunities     57
House Hunting     81
Settling In     101
Weather and Wildlife     131
Vacationland     157
Higher Education and Cultural Life     177
Family Life     205
Joining the Community     223
Virtual Maine     237
Acknowledgments     251
Maine at a Glance     253
Quality Medical Care-Hospitals     257
Local Issues-Newspapers     260
Chambers of Commerce     265
Retirement Communities     269
Index     275