Relocating to Maine (Presque Isle, Caribou, Old Town: real estate, lease, house)

[Northern Maine Land Man]

His wife has a business degree and works in finance. It could be a good fit. She is already a GS employee.

[Zymer]

Originally Posted by Bydand

Actually the IT department is only 3 people, with 2 doing the actual IT work. They are sub-contractors and not hired by DFAS Limestone. I actually do a lot of work up there, and one of the IT people is my next door neighbor. They are always looking for extra help, but just not in the IT department.

Damn, I should have gone for one of the houses in Connor, or the one in New Sweden.

[mollysmiles]

zymer, maybe it's not too late?

[Zymer]

Originally Posted by mollysmiles

zymer, maybe it's not too late?

The ones I was interested in don't seem to be listed anymore, so if the current deal falls thru I'll have to start all over again.

[bangor1596]

I would be very careful about depending on DFAS Limestone. It almost closed a few years ago and I believe it is the only large source of employment in Northern Maine. Southern Maine is just as beautiful and so much more to do.
Good Luck.

[forest beekeeper]

Except of course for the HMMV remanufacturing plant that is also located at Limestone and hires more people than DFAS does.

[forest beekeeper]

And Old Town Canoe manufacturing.

[forest beekeeper]

Also the old Navy base at Cutler is still there and functioning, just no longer as a Navy base. Today it is entirely DOD contractor operated with no active duty stationed there. But there is still the full strength base security force, plus all of the technicians and engineers to maintain and operate the C4I facility, transmitters, antenna farm and power plant.

[Bydand]

Originally Posted by forest beekeeper

Except of course for the HMMV remanufacturing plant that is also located at Limestone and hires more people than DFAS does.

They don't have the number of employees that DFAS has though, they just have a higher turnover rate. Right down the road from DFAS is Sitel, which is a call center I think. There are more employers up here than just a few large ones. Also, while DFAS Limestone was on the list of possible closures a few years ago, almost all DFAS centers across the country were on that list. They did a big audit of them all and closed a few that were on the bottom of the list. DFAS Limestone was at the top of the list for almost all categories looked at, that is why they are expanding all the time.

Old Town Canoe is down your direction, not up here.

[forest beekeeper]

Originally Posted by Bydand

... Old Town Canoe is down your direction, not up here.

The last time that I looked the Old Town canoe factory is in Old Town Maine.



Right now they are expanding big time, building a HUGE new factory / warehouse to house a new hull pressing machine.