BANGOR DAILY NEWS • November 28, 2023
A St. Louis, Missouri couple with property in Camden will pay more than $215,200 after violating shoreland zoning laws by cutting down trees and applying herbicides on a neighbor’s property that’s near a local beach. Under a consent agreement with the town, Arthur and Amelia Bond must pay $180,000 as a penalty for the violations, as well as an estimated $30,700 for environmental testing and monitoring. They’ll also be liable for the costs of potential contamination found on town property. They have an additional settlement with the neighbor whose land they worked on, Lisa Gorman, and a consent agreement with the state Board of Pesticide Control. The latter agreement requires them to pay $4,500 for unlawful application of the herbicide Tebuthiuron.