BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 21, 2023
Columbia Falls might extend by another six months a temporary ban on major developments, including a potential 1,400-foot tower that would double as a gigantic flagpole. Voters in the small Washington County town adopted a six-month moratorium in March to give the town time to adopt development ordinances that would apply to the enormous structure that would fly an American flag larger than a football field. The tower would anchor a sprawling veterans’ memorial park spread out over 2,500 acres that the Worcester family has said it wants to build in Columbia Falls. Aga Dixon, an attorney hired by the town to help it prepare for a possible formal application to build the park, said Monday that selectmen can decide on their own to extend the voter-approved moratorium for another six months.