CBS 13 • November 10, 2022
Brunswick leaders are taking steps to stop a controversial housing project from moving forward. Town officials reached a deal to buy 283 acres of land near Maquoit Bay to stop developers from building a 900-unit housing project. “People have had concerns for years about Maquoit Bay and the watershed,” Brunswick Town Manager John Eldridge said. Brunswick’s coastal resource manager told the town council that runoff from private lawns likely contributed to algae bloom this summer that led to the deaths of soft-shell clams across four acres in Maquoit Bay. He warned councilors that a 900-unit housing project in the Maquoit Bay watershed could threaten the town’s $13 million shellfish industry.