Local Views
From the Porch
Here’s what some of our neighbors are seeing. What’s the view from YOUR porch?
The driveway at the Dean’s was the scene of some wind-borne drama on November 27th. The power line that came down with this tree brought Versant crews pretty quickly.
What keeps us all here year after year? Look out an eastward-facing window on most any morning, or a west-facing window most any evening (when it’s not raining), and you’ll see some breathtaking examples of our extraordinary proximity to nature. Even the day after our recent hurricane (photo at right), the world felt swept clean of strife in our little corner on the Paul Bunyan Peninsula.
The Haights on Paul Bunyan Road picked up a visitor on their wildlife camera late this past summer.
This energetic otter scampered across the lawn, but decided not to hang around.
The Bierzychudek/McKeag household has had more than their share of porcupine visitors this summer.
These ravenous rodents have treated triple-fenced vegetable gardens as little more than an entry level obstacle course.
Town Happenings
Prospect Harbor is looking ahead to climate protections.
The Town’s Coastal Resiliency Committee is chaired by Bill Zoellick with members Tim Fisher, John Renwick, Dwight Rodgers and PBRA Board VP Tom McKeag. Their assignment is to advise the Select Board and seek funding for projects related to climate change and sea level rise.
Their first focus will be on protecting infrastructure identified as “at risk” by an October, 2022 report by FB Environmental Engineers, Vulnerability Assessment and Action Plan for the Town of Gouldsboro.
Two priority areas are located along Corea Road (State Route 195) at the intersection with Grand Marsh Bay Road and north of the intersection with Cranberry Point Road. The committee is currently working on grant applications to the Maine Department of Transportation and the Maine Governor’s Office’s Community Action Grant program. Each grant would award up to $50,000 and the money would be used to employ professional engineers in a scoping of alternatives to the current road sections subject to flooding by storm surge and rising sea level.
The committee has regular meetings on certain Mondays and these meetings are open to the public. Their next meeting is scheduled for February 5 at 5:00 PM at the Town Hall. Please check the Town of Gouldsboro website for further scheduling.