MORNING SENTINEL • September 29, 2021
It is time for Gov. Janet Mills to provide leadership for the relicensing of the Shawmut Dam. Her administration has locked arms with special interest groups to close the four hydroelectric dams on the Kennebec River without consideration for the thousands of lost jobs, millions in lost tax revenue and the overall economic disaster for the central Maine area. The governor has stated she is opposed to the closing of the Shawmut Dam and the Sappi paper mill. What she hasn’t said is whether she will instruct her DMR and DEP commissioners to approve the water quality certification needed to relicense the dam. ~ Rodney L. Whittemore , Skowhegan