Author: M4ST

  • Family: Smiling Hill Farm roots run deep, don’t pave over them

    This letter to the editor of several local papers – the American Sentinel, Scarborough Leader, and South Portland Sentinel, was penned by Carrie Marsh Dixon, an urban planner and a member of the extended Smiling Hill Farm family. Carrie talks about the long legacy of stewarding the fields and lands of Smiling Hill Farm, and…

  • Alternatives to highway expansion haven’t even been studied

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    In the American Journal on April 23, M4ST member and Gorham resident Abby King points out that the Maine Turnpike Authority’s 2012 feasibility study calls for studying both local road improvements and a highway. Abby calls for Gorham to pull out of the planning process until alternatives have actually been studied. Further, the Maine Legislature’s…