ELLSWORTH — City Councilor Steven O’Halloran and three commercial property owners filed suit against the city last week in Superior Court. They are trying to stop the Police Department’s move
About 7,000 square feet of wetlands will be affected by the expansion, VHB engineer Sean Hale told board members, and a Natural Resources Protection Act application has been filed with the Department of Environmental Protection.
City Planner Elena Piekut tendered her resignation Nov. 2 in a 28-page letter citing “a lack of accountability and an abundance of dysfunction” at City Hall and accusing other city officials of violating Maine’s Freedom of Access Act and the city charter. Her letter stated her willingness to stay on the job until Nov. 30, but Piekut said she was immediately relieved of her duties.
Forum participants as well as others in the community will also be able to complete a survey to provide additional input, all of which will help to frame and direct the Union River Watershed plan that the team is developing.