BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 30, 2022
Friends of Sears Island, along with our friends from Islesboro Islands Trust, Sierra Club Maine, and others, will present a rally for Sears Island on Saturday, Oct. 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the parking lot of Mermaid Plaza in Searsport. Learn about Maine Department of Transportation’s proposal to develop a “Wind Port” in Searsport. MDOT is considering developing Sears Island, one of the largest undeveloped islands on the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S., into the hub for building and launching floating offshore wind turbines. This would significantly diminish the island’s ecological, recreational, and economic value, when re-developing Mack Point, an industrial site for more than a century, is a feasible and “greener” option in Penobscot Bay.