OTISFIELD — At least nine leaseholders at Heniger Park have asked for an environmental review of their property, said Hal Ferguson, chairman of the town’s board of selectmen. The inspections, which begin Monday, are being done to ensure the lots are environmentally clean before they sign off on 99-year lease agreements with 36 leaseholders in […]
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Otisfield: New Heniger Park leases set
OTISFIELD — A long-awaited 99-year lease agreement for Heniger Park is complete and copies are expected to be sent to leaseholders this week. “It’s a bird in the hand. This is a guarantee,” Board of Selectmen Chairman Hal Ferguson said. The agreement with the town provides a guarantee for leaseholders that their camps will be […]
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Otisfield board reviewing Heniger Park lease agreement
OTISFIELD — The Board of Selectmen is close to finalizing an agreement that will allow 37 leaseholders in Heniger Park to extend their leases 99 years. “We’re getting real close,” Chairman Hal Ferguson said. He and board members Rick Micklon and Len Adler received the final lease agreement draft from the Portland law firm of […]
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Otisfield selectmen taking action on unleased Heniger Park lot
OTISFIELD — A Heniger Park lot on Pleasant Lake that was abandoned years ago will be leased again, selectmen Chairman Hal Ferguson said this week. Lot 4, which the town acquired for nonpayment of taxes at least 20 to 25 years ago, according to Code Enforcement Officer Richard St. John, will be offered for lease […]
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Attorneys begin drafting Heniger Park lease contracts
OTISFIELD — New contracts for residents leasing town land at Heniger Park on Pleasant Lake could be issued by next summer, Selectman Rick Micklon said. Selectmen met with town attorneys in Portland on Wednesday in the first of three meetings to draft a new lease agreement. The town has begun to hammer out the legal […]
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Otisfield voters approve budget, park lease deal, land trust request
OTISFIELD — Town meeting voters on Saturday approved a $1.5 million municipal budget and gave selectmen the thumbs up on their proposed Heniger Park lease agreement, which would extend leases on town-owned lakeside property by 99 years. Voters also appropriated money to help the Western Foothills Land Trust acquire a large parcel of working forest […]
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Micklon hopes to continue on Otisfield board in Saturday election
OTISFIELD — Selectman Rick Micklon will run for a second term on the board at the annual town election Saturday. Voters will elect a member to the Board of Selectmen, a chairman for the Board of Selectmen and a road commissioner after the annual town meeting gets underway June 28 beginning at 9 a.m. at […]
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Heniger Park lease-holders worry about doubling value
OTISFIELD — A plan to offer Heniger Park lessees an opportunity to sign a new, 99-year agreement for the town-owned land will come with a price that some called unaffordable. About 50 people at Thursday night’s informational meeting at the Community Hall were told that about 35 lease-holders at the 100-acre property on Pleasant will […]
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99-year lease offered to Pleasant Lake leaseholders
OTISFIELD — The Heniger Park Reassessment Committee will offer a 99-year lease to leaseholders on Pleasant Lake who agree to terminate their current 50-year lease in writing between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2015. Additionally, the committee recommends that a land capitalization value of 2.2 percent times the assessed value be used to determine the […]
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Heniger Park owners respond to proposed new land leases
OTISFIELD — Owners of camps in Heniger Park on Pleasant Lake are being told to prepare for opposition when the Heniger Park Reassessment Committee unveils proposed new property lease terms next March. Some 39 property owners are fighting to keep lease fees affordable on camps they have owned for decades under a unique agreement with […]