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January 7, 2008

Harpswell group offers $2M to protect land parcel

Some residents in Harpswell are offering the town $2 million if it limits commercial use of Mitchell Field, a 118-acre waterfront property.

The Harpswell Coastal Coalition wants to prohibit heavy industry, like liquefied natural gas terminals, from the site and plans to present its $2 million offer to town selectmen this Thursday, the Portland Press Herald reported. The coalition would need two to three years to raise the $2 million, the paper reported.

Town residents in November 2007 approved a master plan for Mitchell Field that set aside nine acres for commercial development, the area that the Harpswell Coastal Coalition wants to protect. East Boothbay tugboat maker Washburn & Doughty last year hoped to relocate to the site, but faced opposition from some local residents.

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