Several public beaches are within a 10-minute drive, including Mother’s Beach, where a playground is set up on the sand. Both Portland, Maine, and Portsmouth, N.H. are about a 40-minute drive.

I’ve lived in Champaign County for six years, having moved to the area after spending more than a decade in Athens, Ohio.

The receiver for Wells Real Estate Investment, which was accused of fraud, plans sales of the company’s properties.