The six-month moratorium will give the town time to decide how much control it wants to exert over development proposals, including one from a Virginia-based company that's already generated local opposition.
Salmons, Incorporated has resubmitted its plans to the Department of Environmental Protection for a $12 million rock crushing site and pier in Prospect.
Maine's Department of Environmental Protection has rejected the initial applications for a $12 million granite quarry and processing site in Prospect that has generated local opposition.