Relocation Information
Cumberland County
SIZE: 853 square miles
INCORPORATED: 1760
COUNTY SEAT:
Portland
POPULATION: 265,612
CITIES:
Portland,
South Portland, and Westbrook
TOWNS: Baldwin, Bridgton, Brunswick, Cape Elizabeth, Casco, Cumberland, Falmouth, Freeport, Gorham, Gray, Harpswell, Harrison, Naples, New Gloucester, North Yarmouth, Pownal, Raymond, Scarborough, Sebago, Standish, Windham, and Yarmouth.
York County
SIZE: 989 square miles
INCORPORATED: 1636
COUNTY SEAT: Alfred
POPULATION: 186,742
CITIES:
Biddeford and
Saco.
TOWNS: Acton, Alfred, Arundel, Berwick, Buxton, Cornish, Dayton, Eliot, Hollis, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Kittery, Lebanon, Limerick, Limington, Lyman, Newfield, North Berwick, Ogunquit, Old Orchard Beach, Parsonsfield, Sanford, Shapleigh, South Berwick, Waterboro, Wells and York.
Cost of Living resources:
www.maine.gov
Cumberland
County General Information: www.cumberlandcounty.org/geninfo.htm
Cumberland
County Government: www.maine.gov/local/cumberland
Family Resources: www.maine.gov/portal/family
Local and Municipal Government fact Finder Site: www.maine.gov/local
Mortgage Calculator: www.homefair.com/mortgage_and_finance/calculators/affordabilitycalc
Moving Check List: www.columbusohiorealestate.hypermart.net/tips/packing.html
Moving Time Line: www.upack.com/moving-resources/checklist.asp
Moving Tips: www.interiordec.about.com/od/moving/a/org_movetips.html
Moving To
Maine: www.maine.gov/portal/family/moving.html
Selling Your Home For Top Dollar: www.homevaluehunt.com
Seniors Resources: www.maine.gov/portal/family/seniors.html
Statistics: www.maine.gov/portal/facts_history/stats_population.html
Tax & Finance: www.maine.gov/portal/family/tax_finance.html
Taxes:
Cape
Elizabeth: www.capeelizabeth.com/assessor.html#Office
Cumberland: www.cumberlandmaine.com/Assessor.cfm
Falmouth: www.town.falmouth.me.us/Pages/FalmouthME_Assessor/index
Portland: www.portlandmaine.gov/assessors/assessorsnotice.asp#fiscal
Scarborough: www.scarborough.me.us/assessing/index.html
South Portland: www.southportland.org
Westbrook:www.westbrookmaine.com/index.asp
Economic Development:
Cumberland
County: www.cumberlandbusiness.com
City of Portland: www.portlandmaine.gov/facts.htm
Portland Chamber: www.portlandregion.com
Greater
Portland Council of Governments: www.gpcog.org
Department of Economic and Community Development: www.econdevmaine.com
Public Schools:
Newsweek rankings: www.usnews.com/sections/education/index.html
Cape
Elizabeth: www.cape.k12.me.us
Cumberland/North
Yarmouth: www.msad51.org/Pages/index
Falmouth: www.falmouthschools.org
Portland: www.portlandschools.org
Scarborough: www.scarborough.k12.me.us
South Portland: www.spsd.org
Westbrook: www.westbrookschools.org
Yarmouth: www.yarmouth.k12.me.us/Pages/index
School Profiles General Information and Test Score:
www.schooldatadirect.org
www.maine.gov/portal/education/
Post-Secondary Education:
Andover
College: www.andovercollege.edu
Degree Granting institutions: www.maine.gov/education/highered/institutionslist.htm
General information: www.state.me.us/education
University of
New England: www.une.edu
University of
Southern Maine: www.usm.maine.edu
Job Listings:
C.I.E.E. Council On International Educational Exchange: www.ciee.org/hire
Cumberland
County: www.cumberlandcounty.org/HR/jobs.htm
Portland Press Herald: www.mainejobs.mainetoday.com
Medical Facilities:
Maine
Medical
Center: www.mmc.org
The
Maine
Hospital Association: www.themha.org
Vet Services:
Maine Veterinary Referral Center: www.maineveterinaryreferralcenter.com
Publications with helpful information:
Downeast Magazine: www.downeast.com
Mainebiz: www.mainebiz.biz
Maine Food and Lifestyle Magazine: www.mainefoodandlifestyle.com
Portland Press Herald: www.mainetoday.com
Portland Magazine: www.portlandmonthly.com
Yankee Magazine: www.yankeemagazine.com
Attorney:
Verrill Dana: www.verrilldana.com