Some at the Thursday, Sept. 30 Alna selectmen’s meeting called the board condescending or said it needs to oversee finances better. One citizen petition countered another. And the hybrid meeting lost its Zoom. Selectmen were in the town office with.
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Dear Editor:
This month, Alna’s selectmen signed a mediation agreement with Jeff Spinney about the permanent boat ramp he excavated into the Sheepscot River tidal marsh in December. This agreement allows Spinney to keep his private ramp, with supposed use restrictions, even though the ramp violates our Shoreland Zoning Ordinance’s prohibition of “permanent structures.”
The abutters who participated in the mediation did not sign the agreement.
Alna’s selectmen threw in their lot with the ramp-building applicant, who threatened to take the town to court over his previously denied shoreland zoning permits. They ignored objections raised by the abutters and dozens of other Alna and Newcastle residents.
7-year-old resident raises Bailey Road dumping concern
SUSAN JOHNS
The completed work at the Sheepscot River off Golden Ridge Road, Alna. File photo
Grace Walker, then 6, uses the hand sanitizer following Alna’s abbreviated, March 21, 2020 town meeting. Walker, now 7, recently wrote selectmen seeking help to prevent dumping. File photo
One of Jeff Spinney’s neighbors after another on Zoom Wednesday night criticized his and the town’s shoreland deal. Selectmen signed the agreement they said Spinney, of Golden Ridge Road, also signed and abutters declined to sign. Board members called the agreement a compromise that was in the town’s best interest.
SUSAN JOHNS
Jean and Alton King’s first Santa, pictured in December 2019. File photo
Santa and friends were fine as they greeted Route 218 travelers Nov. 30, a little over two weeks before Santa’s disappearance. File photo
The yard without its Santa Claus Dec. 17. Courtesy of Jean King
UPDATE: Alna Snowmobile Club is giving its inflatable Santa Claus to the family whose Santa was stolen from a yard display, selectmen and a club spokesman confirmed the night of Dec. 17, hours after Jean and Alton King III reported the apparent theft.
“We are so excited and grateful to the snowmobile club for the Santa,” Jean King told Wiscasset Newspaper. “As soon as he arrives we plan to set him up right away and continue to enjoy this holiday season.”