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Lincolnville Select Board to discuss opening of Penobscot Park, building new Beach fire station
Sun, 06/26/2022 - 9:00pm

LINCOLNVILLE — The Lincolnville Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. June 27 and hear a series of updates, including about Penobscot Park and the effort to extend broadband to all residents in town. And, the Select Board will hear about plans to build a new fire station at Lincolnville Beach to replace the existing facility. The meeting will conclude with two executive sessions: one focused on a personnel matter, the other to discuss the possible disposition of real property where premature...
Satellite of West Bay Rotary helps clean up new Lincolnville park
Mon, 09/27/2021 - 8:00pm

The Satellite of West Bay Rotary is working in collaboration with the Town of Lincolnville to bring back into public use and enjoyment Penobscot Park located on the shore of the bay accessed from Route 1 north in Lincolnville. The park includes a parking area with a bath house, and a sweeping meadow downhill to the shore of Penobscot Bay and attractive picnic and shelter area. Originally part of the Point Lookout facility of MBNA, the park was given to Coastal Mountains Land Trust and then the...
Lincolnville’s Penobscot Park remains closed to public pending maintenance, safety improvements
Wed, 07/21/2021 - 1:15pm

LINCOLNVILLE – One year ago, Lincolnville citizens voted at town meeting overwhelmingly in favor of swapping ownership of 68 acres along the Ducktrap River for 4.34 acres of prime waterfront land along Penobscot Bay that belonged to Coastal Mountains Land Trust. On July 12, 2021, the Select Board in Lincolnville walked through the park, identifying work to be done, and pledged that Penobscot Park would be open to the public. “We all feel bad about shutting the gates but there’s some safety...
Town of Lincolnville now owns a 4.34-acre park, Land Trust now owns a 68.8-acre property
Town and Land Trust land swap completed in Lincolnville
Mon, 07/19/2021 - 5:00pm

LINCOLNVILLE — Coastal Mountains Land Trust and the Town of Lincolnville have finalized an exchange of two properties, creating a new Town Park and conserving wildlife habitat along the Ducktrap River. Residents of the Town of Lincolnville voted overwhelmingly in favor of this swap in July 2020, and after finalizing the details, the transaction was completed in early June 2021, according to CMLT, in a news release. The Town of Lincolnville now owns a 4.34-acre park on Penobscot Bay, located off...
Town meeting 2020
Lincolnville approves real estate swap with land trust: Ducktrap River land for oceanfront park
Wed, 07/15/2020 - 1:30am

LINCOLNVILLE —Citizens in Lincolnville voted overwhelmingly in favor of swapping ownership of 68 acres along the Ducktrap River for 4.34 acres of prime waterfront land along Penobscot Bay that belongs to Coastal Mountains Land Trust. The land, former farm meadows that stretch from Route 1 down to 426 feet of shoreline, is a former outdoor park for the former MBNA employees, with covered picnic areas, restrooms, fire pits and a few walking trails scattered across it. Read Lincolnville...
on the warrant. Public invited to walk the park July 9 and 11
Lincolnville voters to consider swapping Ducktrap River land for Penobscot Bay shoreline at July 14 polls
Mon, 07/06/2020 - 6:15pm

LINCOLNVILLE — Approximately 4.34 acres of prime waterfront land along the west side of Penobscot Bay could fall under public ownership, if voters in Lincolnville agree to a real estate exchange without monetary attachments. Selectmen in Lincolnville unanimously endorsed the idea in April, hoping the townspeople would as well, at the July 14 annual town meeting polls. The land, former farm meadows that stretch from Route 1 down to 426 feet of shoreline, became an outdoor park...