Bank buys VillageSoup properties

Damariscotta-based bank The First was the highest bidder Monday in two auctions for properties formerly owned by Village NetMedia, which ran midcoast and Down East-based weekly newspapers under the name VillageSoup.
The bank submitted winning bids of $550,000 and $150,000 for two properties in Camden and Rockland used as collateral for Village NetMedia's purchase of the community newspapers in 2008, according to the Back to article