A letter dated May 9 was sent to Jonathan Shilalis listing six violations at 33 Old Pulp Mill Road and included an order for corrective action.
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Neighbors clash over Airbnb on Crooked River in Norway
John Morrison claims the rental property owned by Jon Shilalis puts the river’s health at risk. Shilalis says that nothing was done without a permit.
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Source to the Sea: Kayakers showcase the Crooked River’s natural filtration system
Four paddlers are in the midst of a six-day trip to bring attention to clean drinking water that flows into Sebago Lake.
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Added forested parcel supports water quality in Sebago Lake Watershed
OTISFIELD — The Western Foothills Land Trust recently purchased a 74-acre forested parcel on the Crooked River, with funding provided by conservation partners working to protect water quality in Sebago Lake. Sebago Lake is the drinking water reservoir for the Portland Water District, providing clean drinking water to 22 communities and over 200,000 Maine residents. […]
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Land trusts buy 800 acres on Crooked River
Local land trusts have signed a $1.37 million agreement to conserve roughly 800 acres along Crooked River, the largest tributary to Sebago Lake, the drinking water source for the greater Portland area. On Tuesday, CLT Co. President Robert Carlson, 89, of Harrison signed quitclaim deeds with the Western Foothills and Loon Echo land trusts, retaining the land […]
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Police: Road rage sends car into river in Casco
CASCO — An apparent case of road rage sent one vehicle into the water and three people to the hospital on Monday. According to a news release from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department, deputies responded to a report of erratic driving between two vehicles traveling westbound on Route 302 in Casco at 1:10 p.m. Prior […]
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Land trust pitches purchases to Otisfield board
OTISFIELD — The Western Foothills Land Trust and the Loon Echo Land Trust are working together to develop a community forest project on the Crooked River that will include 590 acres of woodlands in Otisfield and Harrison. Lee Dassler of the Western Foothills Land Trust told Otisfield selectmen last week that the trust will be […]
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Otisfield asked to accept community forest
OTISFIELD — The Western Foothills Land Trust has asked the town to consider accepting a 252-acre parcel the trust is negotiating to buy as a community forest. The Norway-based land trust is working with the Loon Echo Land Trust in Bridgton to acquire about 550 acres in Otisfield and Harrison from a single landowner for […]