CRITICAL LEGISLATIVE SEARS ISLAND HEARINGS 2008 -2009
* October 15, 2008 JUPC reports to the Maine Legislature's Transportation Committee, Augusta ..... Photos of meeting
* November 18, 2008. The Legislature's Transportation Committee votes to accept the Joint Use Plan, but delays granting of a conservation easement to Maine Coast Heritage Trust until a port is actually permitted on the Island.
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* January 13, 2009. Legislature reverses stance; considers but doesn't vote on easement before port permitting
* January 15, 2009 Heated discussion, before final vote in favor of easement with no conditions (17 minutes)
AUDIO ARCHIVE OF SEARS ISLAND JOINT USE PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETINGS
* June 6, 2008 Sears Island Joint Use Planning Committee (JUPC)
*June 25, 2008 Joint Use Planning Committee Meeting
* October 27, 2008. speakers at meeting of the Sears Island Joint Use Planning Committee, Searsport Congregational Church, Searsport, Maine.
* June 5, 2008. Sierra Club in radio debate vs grassroots Penobscot Bay activists WERU Radio Debate on Sears Island.
ANGUS KING SEARS ISLAND AUDIO
*1996 Then-Governor Angus King blames eelgrass for stopping his Sears Island port plan in1996. From Maine Public Radio.
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