Ellsworth to consider restricting use of house boats on Green Lake

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 21, 2021

After a cantankerous summer between shorefront property owners and some other users of Green Lake, Ellsworth city officials have decided to draft a potential ordinance in an attempt to keep the peace. At issue is a floating structure that two local men, who call it a “house float,” anchored out in Green Lake this summer. Terry Pinkham and Jason Spinney do not own property on Green Lake and use a public landing to access the lake, where they like to hang out with friends at their floating one-room hang-out spot, which consists of a platform on two pontoons, a sliding glass door and a small roof deck. But the use of the floating shack has upset some nearby property owners, who say the floating gatherings have been noisy and disruptive.