After several weeks of national politics (for understandable reasons), we’ll turn our attention on Monday to some local–i.e., Blue Hill Peninsula–issues. One subject getting press attention and affecting five nearby towns directly (and all of the Peninsula indirectly) is the petition by the owner of the Bucksport paper mill to abandon three dams. These dams created what we now recognize as Toddy Pond, Alamoosook Lake, and Silver Lake.
Here’s a recent Weekly Packet article summarizing where matters currently stand; the petition has been covered for months by the Packet, the Ellsworth American, the Bangor Daily News, the Maine Monitor, and local TV news channels. Pick your source.
I’m sure we’ll have time to discuss some other local issues, so give some thought as to what’s working well, what’s not, and what we can do about it.
