The first good news of the week is that the state paving project on Route 27 is a go for this summer. The bad news is that that project may begin when our summer tourist season is in full swing. The good news is that most of the bill for the $11.5.
No date has been set, but Southport officials agreed to meet with a seasonal couple regarding an $8,000 shoreland zone fine prior to their appeals hearing. On Feb. 21, Selectman Gerry Gamage told his fellow board members, he and Code Enforcement.
Weather continues to dominate the news, but this week in a good way. Since last Friday the cold temperatures have allowed the Southport School students to begin skating on their new ice rink. Some of the children were moving about on the ice with.
The ocean has had its way with us! As I began this column on Friday, Jan. 12, we await another storm tonight and tomorrow, this time arriving in Midcoast Maine at the same time as an extraordinary high tide, noted on the news as being 14.3 feet.
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Students, parents and other island residents gather near the pond at Southport Central School to protest the town’s selectboard’s decision to fill in the pond. Courtesy of Bruce White
The pond at Southport Central School. Courtesy of Bruce White
Courtesy of Gail Richter
Courtesy of Gail Richter
A Southport selectboard decision to fill in the pond at Southport Central School drew about 20 protesters to the pond early Monday morning, Jan. 18.
Word spread through Facebook, emails and phone calls on Sunday that a construction crew was to show up Monday morning to begin the work of eliminating the pond.