Ryan Fecteau

A new pocket community of 21 affordable condominiums are priced well below the average home price for the region. The standalone condos at Wilbur’s Woods are listed at $325,000 for households that earn less than $105,360 annually.

The addition provides students with a broader array of career pathways, including a new program in sports medicine — the first of its kind in the state.

A roundup of new hires, promotions and achievements at businesses, nonprofits and health care facilities around Maine.

Ryan Fecteau has joined Avesta Housing as a policy officer, while Jim Hanley, president of Wishcamper Cos. Inc., has joined the nonprofit's board for a three-year term effective Nov. 1.

Ryan Fecteau will serve as a senior advisor for community development and strategic development in the Governor's Office of Policy innovation and the Future.

The plan, which calls for delivering $450 in relief checks to an estimated 880,000 Mainers, was defeated by Senate Republicans on procedural grounds.

Gov. Janet Mills said she plans to unveil her proposal to help low- and middle-income Mainers pay heating bills this winter before lawmakers convene on Wednesday.

Starting July 1, MaineCare members will be automatically enrolled in the new Medicaid dental benefit, the Mills Administration said.

Accessory dwelling units and zoning reform are some of the issues Maine lawmakers are addressing to foster more affordable housing, as we explain in this story from our special feature on the housing crunch.

More than 857,000 eligible working families and older Mainers are expected to receive payments under the state's supplemental budget, scheduled to be signed into law Wednesday.