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New senior housing development conveniently located near cemetery

Stevens Avenue has long been known as the one street in America where people can pursue their entire education--from kindergarten to PhD. Now, thanks to an exciting new development, people can grow old and die there, too.             Motherhouse Senior Housing, a new subdivision, is slated to provide over eighty housing units for women of a certain age as well as elder statesman. Developer Sea Coast at Baxter Woods Associates, who definitely isn’t doing this for the money, specifically chose this location because of the history of the building, the beauty of the surrounding lands, and the obvious convenience of being across the street from a graveyard .             Despite some community opposition to the development, several neighborhood residents expressed their enthusiasm about the project. Nasons Corner resident Melissa Swenson gloated about it. “I’ve been trying to get my father to move back to Maine from Florida for year...