Popular dairy farm joins growing chorus opposing Gorham Connector
The Gorham Connector would bisect Smiling Hill Farm, a popular dairy farm in Westbrook owned and operated by the Knight family since 1720.
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The Gorham Connector would bisect Smiling Hill Farm, a popular dairy farm in Westbrook owned and operated by the Knight family since 1720.
The Maine Turnpike Authority is hosting a public meeting Monday evening on the Gorham Connector, its plan to build a 5-mile, 4-lane highway spur from the turnpike in South Portland to the Gorham Bypass.
A public meeting is scheduled for March 25
Smiling Hill Farm owners said the route would claim nearly 50acres of farmland and woodlands along the western section of their property.
The 500-acre, 13th-generation family operation in Westbrook wants to preserve the farmland and forest it has cultivated and harvested since 1720, but some of its woodland lies in the path of the Maine Turnpike Authority's proposed 4-lane highway.