Harpswell rejects $2 million offer
Posted by Elliott Teel on January 11, 2008
As posted earlier a group of Harpswell residents were seeking to lock in a conservation plan with an easement. However the town council has rejected it, apparently looking to keep it’s options open.
The Board of Selectmen rejected a $2 million offer Thursday that would have prevented heavy industry from ever occupying a prized oceanfront property.
The selectmen said they would not put the offer for the 118- acre Mitchell Field property on the March town meeting warrant.
If the town had voted to accept the money, the Harpswell Coastal Coalition would have been guaranteed a permanent conservation easement on the town-owned land, prohibiting heavy industry there.
