Land sale to warden reversed
The state has reversed a controversial land deal, buying back about five acres of land in Thomaston it sold earlier this year to the Maine state prison warden.
On Sept. 21, the state Attorney General's Office bought back for $177,000 three parcels of land from Maine State Prison Warden Patricia Barnhart and a family member, the Bangor Daily News reported. In April, Barnhart and Sheehan Gallagher bought property at 22, 26 and 30 Ship Circle in Thomaston from the state for $175,000, through the Department of Administrative and Financial Services and the Bureau of General Services. But the attorney general voided the deal in July, saying it violates state law prohibiting state officials from having interest in state deals.
The $2,000 difference reimburses Barnhart for closing costs.
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