TIMES RECORD • December 12, 2024
Hangar 6 became a big point of discussion in town meetings and other public events after Hangar 4 released 1,450 gallons of firefighting foam concentrate mixed with 50,000 gallons of water this summer. As Brunswick works to clear up the fallout from an August toxic firefighting foam spill at the airport’s Hangar 4, many anxieties persist around another hangar on the property that some argue still poses the potential for another devastating spill. Friends of Merrymeeting Bay has been testing water sources around the base and elsewhere in town for PFAS for a couple years, according to organizer Ed Friedman and the Brunswick Sewer District General Manager Rob Pontau, who uses this data for basic insight of PFAS in the system.