Denmark Maine - The Dark Side of Maine
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2/12/2017
If you are from Massachusetts or "away" I recommend you don't make a permanent move to Maine, buy a 2nd home for seasonal or weekend visits. Maybe not all towns, but certainly the town I purchased a home in has become the most unwelcoming and perhaps the biggest nightmare experience of my life. I regret investing money into this property to take from the dump it was to what it is now.
The problem in this town and probably many others is the local town politics and it so-called "politicians". They don't believe an "outsider" and especially a "Massole" should have any type of business, after all it may cut into "locals" piece of the pie. They make up rules as they go and this has been confirmed by many attorneys who have had to represent people that have been wronged by the town of Denmark, Maine. Then they change their mind and tell you that you have been operating illegally when 3 selectman and 2 Town Managers told you what you are doing is fine and cite you with court actions. They make up nonsensical rules even though State engineers have proven they are wrong.
Then there are the fights they have among themselves politically. When a Selectman doesn't play by their rules and do exactly as the "locals" instruct they launch recalls. These locals have run around towns with their nasty petitions and publicly published such nasty comments about who they are trying to oust in the local town paper. They run unbiased Town Managers out of town because he didn't play by the "locals" rule but rather the rule of law. They will lie straight to your face totally unabashed by it. If you want to know exactly how nastily the locals in Denmark Maine treat people just Google, Denmark Maine, recall, petitions, Town Manager and you will come up with some doozies. These locals delight in harming and hurting those from “away” and occasionally they do it to their own if they dare to run for a Selectman position against the wishes of the “locals”.
They accuse you of running a business that you are not although their local "friend" is running exactly that type of business, a Bed & Breakfast. This person has no town permit nor state licensing required for that type of business. Another "local" is running a small engine repair shop along with sales of used equipment which is prominently displayed in his yard throughout the spring, summer and fall months and they have the audacity to say "I have never seen that". They also allow their town manager to conduct his so-called job based on personal vendettas.
I feel like I am living a horror show in Denmark, Maine so before purchasing any Real Estate property in small town Maine - do you homework, research just what goes on in that town beforehand. I could have saved myself a lot of headaches if I had done so. Many of these small towns want you money but in truth they don't want you here - but truth be told they couldn't survive without it.
DL | Denmark, ME