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This 1895 country Queen Anne Victorian in West Concord has a lot of its original charm, but has been updated with an expanded kitchen, master bedroom suite and bedroom/office addition.
The four-bedroom house at 1394 Main St. sits on a 16,000-square-foot lot that includes a large backyard and a two-car garage that opens onto a side street. One of the current owners, an interior designer, has restored the home to its Victorian glory while adding a high-end kitchen in a 1998 bumpout addition, turning the master bedroom into a suite and expanding another bedroom with a home office addition in 2004. The house, with new windows and an updated furnace, is on the market for $925,000.
The homes exterior is white clapboard and aluminum with black shutters and an octagonal turret with diagonally set windows. A flagstone walk flanked by hedges leads up to a large covered front porch.
The front door opens into a foyer with restored oak floors. To the right of the foyer is a sitting room with crown molding. To the left is a large Victorian living room with five windows, including a three-bay bumpout addition, crown molding and restored oak floors as well as a brick woodburning fireplace with a white wood mantel.
The expanded kitchen off this room features white cabinets, including a large pantry, and two cabinets with leaded-glass fronts and brown granite countertops. Theres a wood-topped peninsula, a beautiful tin ceiling with recessed lighting and white beadboard backsplashes. High-end stainless steel appliances include a Jenn-Air electric burner/oven, refrigerator and dishwasher as well as a second oven, an Electrolux. Theres a large eat-in area in a bumpout addition with a chandelier.
Off the kitchen is a wallpapered half-bath redone in 1998 with a white marble floor, beadboard walls and an antique vanity topped with black granite.
On the far right end of the kitchen sits a formal Victorian dining room with a glass chandelier hanging from a plaster medallion and chair rail wainscoting.
At the other end of the kitchen, a mud room leads out to a rear porch and a large backyard. At the end of the yard sits the garage and a driveway that holds three more vehicles.
Back inside, the houses four bedrooms are on the second floor, up a carpeted staircase with a stained-glass window on the landing.
The redone master bedroom suite retains its original wide-pine floors. An en-suite bathroom, added in 2004, has a green granite vanity with double sinks and a glass-enclosed steam shower with white subway tile walls and a green granite bench. There are also two walk-in closets, and right outside the bedroom are original built-in linen closets.
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Jan. 11, 1989
About 60 Gorham residents showed up at the Planning Board meeting Monday to take their first look at plans for a new Shop n Save at the old raceway property. It was the first chance people had to see the plan for a plaza with almost 200,000 square feet of floor space. The overwhelming concern of residents was the effect on traffic in the Cressey Road and Narragansett Street area.
The state Board of Education is scheduled to vote today to approve the state portion $1,086,480 of a proposed $1.8 million package of additions and renovations to the Saccarappa School in Westbrook. And in May, if the Westbrook School Committee and City Council approve, Westbrook voters will be asked to chip in another $800,000 to cover the citys share. School Superintendent Edward Connolly said Monday he expects to get the state concept approval today.
Mayor Philip Spiller showed Westbrooks Warren parsonage Sunday to Marie Rackley, and he she is seriously considering moving it in three pieces to land off the Methodist Road. He said he believes her plans are workable, and can be the hoped-for way to avoid tearing down the historic house. The City Council voted Monday to set Jan. 23 for a public hearing on the disposition or demolition of the parsonage.
The bid by retired Secretary of State and former Gorham resident Rodney Quinn to get the Gorham Town Council to pay into the Maine State Retirement System for his council service was defeated by a 3-3 tie at a Jan. 3 meeting. Quinn hoped to convince councilors to pay $100.56 for one year of his six years on the Gorham Town Council, which would enable him to buy back four years of military service and increase his annual pension by $3,000. Quinn said he would reimburse the town for that sum, as well as pay annual subsequent payments of $3 or $4. Some councilors felt that council service should not be considered employment, similar to full-time paid employees.
Charleyne Gilbert, a Westbrook High School business teacher for the past 10 years, was selected as the 1988-89 Maine Business Educator of the Year. The award was granted at the annual convention of the Business Education Association of Maine.
Gorham Fire Chief Robert Lefebvre said Monday that an electrical short circuit in the ceiling of a second-story apartment caused the three-alarm fire at 48 Main St. Friday that left 14 people homeless. No one was injured in the blaze, but Lefebvre estimated damage at $150,000 or more.
Jan. 13, 1999
A draft of a proposed new policy detailing when Westbrook will sell property it holds a tax lien against was presented to the City Councils Finance Committee Monday, and a further draft by administrative assistant Jim Bennett will likely be presented to the council for enactment. Matured tax liens give the city a clear title and the right to sell and keep all the proceeds, Bennett said. The city is scheduled to foreclose Jan. 14 on 85 pieces of property owning a total of $71,000 for unpaid 1997 taxes, plus interest.
Assistant School Superintendent Michael Kane presented to the Westbrook City Councils Committee of the Whole Monday the case for expanding Canal School. The plans go before the state Board of Education today to see if it will agree to state funding for a share of the $2.68 million project. The school department will go to the state with the council committees blessing, given in a 4-2 vote. The Canal School Building Committee and architect Stephen Blatt had first proposed at $3.26 million expansion of the grade 3-5 school, with a separate Grade 3 wing, but the committee felt that this would be too great a burden on the taxpayers.
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Green flooring doesnt always need to shout, Im green!
Todays sustainable flooring for homes can be subtle, practical and reasonably priced. Green flooring options can includes cork, bamboo, sustainably harvested lumber, salvaged materials and many others.
Consumers have exponentially more choices now than a few years ago. But partly because sustainable flooring has evolved so quickly, selecting the best types for your home and getting them installed properly can prove challenging.
Your choices matter because green-flooring materials conserve resources, helping to prevent climate change.
Green flooring also reduces pollution from manufacturing. Using sustainable materials, along with related green products such as flooring adhesives and finishes, improves indoor air quality as well.
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Make durability your first priority. Nearly any flooring material that lasts for many years, still looks good and does its job can be considered somewhat green. Get recommendations from friends, stores and contractors for durable flooring for specific rooms. Stay away from the cheapest flooring materials.
Youll conserve the most resources if you keep your existing flooring, so look into refurbishing or refinishing it instead of replacing your floor.
To explore the wide range of green flooring materials, start by visiting websites of stores offering selections of two or more types.
These include national chains Green Depot, Lumber Liquidators, Home Depot and Lowes and the Seattle store Greenhome Solutions. Some retailers will send you samples of green flooring products for a nominal fee.
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Sophomore students Ian Keppler, Joe Reidl and Kyle Katsios stand in front of a doghouse they built at class in their building trades class.
Members of the freshman class stand with a doghouse they built in their building trades class.
SPARTA Building Trades teacher Steve Wagner of Wantage has been donating doghouses to local animal rescues since 2008.
Its a part of the curriculum, Wagner said. It gives students an excellent breakdown of all phases of construction from flooring to 2x4 framing, trim work, staining, painting and roof installation.
Wagner came up with the idea to donate doghouses built by Vo-Tech students after encountering One Step Closer Animal Rescue volunteers at the Newton Walmart, during a bake sale event to raise funds.
The students are doing something good, and at the same time, learning part of the trade, Wagner said. Besides construction, building trades also covers electricity, plumbing, dry-wall installation, low-pressure boiler systems and industrial maintenance. Wagner explains most of the materials used to build the doghouses are either donated or recycled, and that all building trades students freshmen through senior contribute to the construction of the doghouses.
Wagner builds about two houses a year with his students. In the past, the classes have donated the doghouses to the following non-profit, no-kill rescues: Pets Alive Animal Sanctuary in Middletown, N.Y., Father Johns Animal House in Lafayette and O.S.C.A.R. in Sparta.
O.S.C.A.R., which wasnt in need of a doghouse, referred Wagner to Pets Alive, who is this years recipient of the doghouse that was built in November and December.
It is quite an experience," Freshman Brandon Hall, 14, of Wantage said. "There is a lot to do when building a doghouse. I liked framing the walls and roof the best.
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