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SEARSPORT — Friends of Sears Island, along with members of Islesboro Islands Trust, Sierra Club Maine, and others, will present a rally for Sears Island on Saturday, Oct. 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the parking lot of Mermaid Plaza, 1 East Main...
Maine has a magnificent coastline. Unlike the equally beautiful coasts of Oregon and California, however, public access to much of it is blocked by private ownership. Why is the state considering further reducing what is available for us to enjoy? To develop state-owned acreage on pristine Sears Island as an industrial cargo port to manufacture […]
Crews have begun cutting trees and clearing a path on Sears Island for geotechnical drilling and testing. The island is one of two possible sites near the midcoast town of Searsport that could become a major offshore wind development hub for Maine.
Wind energy is one of the few promising ventures that would fulfill environmental priorities while providing skilled, well-paid, non-tourism, union jobs along the coast. That some sacrifices must be made if we want those results is, unfortunately, foreign to the thinking of
Land protection is an important value, but not the only one of interest to today’s Mainers, and those of the future.