BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 21, 2023
By a 63-to-17 vote, local residents on Tuesday temporarily halted consideration of any proposal to build a massive flagpole nearly 1,500 feet tall. The vote result gives the rural town time to develop and adopt building standards for the proposed Flagpole of Freedom Park, a veterans-themed park that would spread over miles of currently forested land and include an observation tower built like a flagpole that would be taller than the Empire State Building.