The holidays can be filled with craze, but if pause and see the joy in a child's eyes, and simply pause to enjoy what is around is, our days will be more relaxing and filled with peace.

Real Christmas trees are better for the environment than fake Christmas trees: They’re renewable and recyclable, unlike that petroleum-derived faux model.

Here’s how to light up your Christmas light display safely and economically. Christmas lights can be modest displays to show good cheer, or million-bulb light-apaloozas that draw gawkers from near and far.

Erik Jura is a seasoned Agent at Cates Real Estate and has been representing buyers and sellers in rural Maine since 1997. He currently lives in Cushing with his wife Michelle and has raised five children that have in return given him six grandchildren. In addition, he also works as a Correction Officer at the Maine State Prison for the past sixteen (plus). Erik will always put your best interest first, in any transaction. He will help guide you through the process of selling your home or buying your next one, in a professional manner.

Suzanne Lufkin Weiss, REALTOR at Cates Real Estate participates in MAR Mediation Training.

Packing TIPs: Pack one or two boxes of must-haves—children’s toys, toilet articles and towels, can opener, flashlight, light bulbs, paper plates and cups—and carry it with you so you can find it fast after the move.

Getting your house from FOR SALE to SOLD. Hire a professional REALTOR to evaluate, make repairs, brighten, update, paint, de-clutter, depersonalize, organize, stage, and landscape.

Celebrate Halloween with seeing a list of the top 10 cities in American with haunted houses. If you are afraid of the dark, afraid of things that go bump in the night....do not click here.