York County's Growing Pains ; Small Towns Struggle to Keep a Rural Feel Amid the Fastest Growth in the State.
Portland Press Herald › April 12, 2007
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York County continues to be the fastest-growing county in Maine, and some of its smallest rural communities are shouldering much of the increase in population, according to a new study.
Newfield, Limerick, Acton and Waterboro have seen their populations grow by as much as 35 percent since 2000, says a population report by the Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission.See the full content of this document
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York County's Growing Pains ; Small Towns Struggle to Keep a Rural Feel Amid the Fastest Growth in the State.
The growth is changing the texture of life in towns like Limerick, which once supported 13 dairy farms but is now peppered with new homes to accommodate a growth rate of 27 percent.
"There's still ...See the full content of this document
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