BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 10, 2021
The company that wants to build a $500 million land-based salmon farm in Waldo County will give a shorefront property to the city of Belfast in exchange for a permanent easement that will allow the company to bring its intake and outflow pipes to Penobscot Bay. The property in question previously was owned by Richard and Janet Eckrote. It has also been at the heart of a protracted legal battle over who owns the intertidal zone adjacent to it. “The council and I are thrilled to receive an area that will make a tremendous oceanfront park for the citizens of Belfast,” Mayor Eric Sanders said.