Boothbay Developer's Zero-Sum Game

Local objections in the interest of protecting the newly installed grass carpet from grassroots entrepreneurs using the Boothbay Commons

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Continuing the thoughts in my last post about the Boothbay Water District’s announcement of a potential water scarcity spun as a solution under development while the real problem (impending water scarcity) was not explained in any detail approaching adequate.

In another recent Boothbay Register article Ziagra and other officials assured us that large-scale workforce housing poses no sewage issues for the Peninsula.

As housing groups look for paths to homeownership and rentals for the Boothbay peninsula’s workforce, local utilities are just waiting for the word. Boothbay Harbor Sewer District Superintendent Chris Higgins, Boothbay Region Water District General Manager Jon Ziegra, and Boothbay Region Refuse Disposal District Manager Steve Lewis all said the residential expansion would have little to no effect on daily operations. Local utilities say large-scale housing development a non-issue