From Augusta
Governor signs bill to protect Maine’s working waterfront
Thu, 06/08/2023 - 1:30pm
Nick Battista, chief policy officer at the Island Institute, Rep. Vicki Doudera, D-Camden, Gov. Janet Mills, Pete Nichols, executive director at Midcoast Conservancy and Rep. Morgan Rielly, D-Westbrook.
On Wednesday, Gov. Janet Mills held a ceremonial bill signing for LD 574, a measure sponsored by Rep. Morgan Rielly, D-Westbrook, and cosponsored by Rep. Vicki Doudera, D-Camden, that would expand the language of working waterfront covenants to include nonprofit corporations and charitable trusts that are authorized to hold conservation easements, further protecting Maine’s last remaining miles of working waterfront.
