PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • January 21, 2025
The chance of devastating fires erupting here in dry coastal Maine is very real. It happened in 1947. I see tinder everywhere in our Brunswick neighborhood. Despite calling itself a “Tree City, USA,” there is little management of leaves, brush or trees growing into street sightlines. Maine wants to be a forest and we love our trees, but wooden houses, dry leaves and brush piles everywhere with below-normal rain and snow is a recipe for fire. ~ Charles Annable, Brunswick