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Archipelago Law in Land Use, Maine Roads, Municipal Law, Property Law, Uncategorized on August 20, 2026
Understanding one of Maine Real Estate’s Most Overlooked Property Issues When most people think about property boundaries, they picture stone walls, fences, or survey pins. But in Maine, one of the most important pieces of land affecting your property may exist only on paper. These are known as paper streets—roads that appear on old subdivision plans […]
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Archipelago Law in Land Use, Maine Roads on November 20, 2025
Forming a Statutory Road Association It’s mid-winter in Maine and a nor’easter just dumped a foot of snow overnight. The plow never came. The road is a rutted mess of ice and frozen slush, and half the neighbors insist they already “paid their share” last fall. By spring, the runoff has carved trenches deep enough […]
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Archipelago Law in Uncategorized on October 23, 2024
Highlighting importance of water quality standards for Blue Economy small business owners Portland, Maine – September 16, 2024 Archipelago Principal Keith P. Richard and Associate Richard L. Qualey recently filed an amicus brief in the matter of City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 23-753, in the Supreme Court of the United States. […]
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