Engineering students renovating Habitat Bangor home, BDN reports

The Bangor Daily News reported two families have been selected for houses in Old Town through Habitat Bangor’s home ownership program. The city of Old Town donated two houses to the program last year, according to the article. One of the homes has been demolished to make way for a new one, and the other home was salvageable and will be renovated with the help of the University of Maine’s Construction Engineering Technology Program, the article states. Construction on the homes is scheduled to begin this month.