Maine Supreme Court decision preserves conservation waters
BELFAST -- A dispute over property ownership was decided Thursday in Maine's Supreme Court. After a justice decided Jeffrey Mabee and Judith Grace are the true owners of a stretch
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BELFAST -- A dispute over property ownership was decided Thursday in Maine's Supreme Court. After a justice decided Jeffrey Mabee and Judith Grace are the true owners of a stretch
The ruling gives some legal traction to opponents’ fight against Nordic Aquafarms’ proposed land-based fish farm and sets up a showdown with the city over its eminent domain action.
On Thursday, Maine's Supreme Judicial Court ruled against Nordic Aquafarms and said the deeds make clear that the intertidal zone belongs to the neighbors.
The Zoning Board of Appeals determined that Upstream Watch did not prove standing to appeal the Planning Board’s decision to permit Nordic Aquafarms’ land-based fish farm.
Nordic Aquafarms scored a legal victory, shortly before it faced oral arguments in front of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court on another case.