KENNEBEC JOURNAL • December 7, 2022
Following months of heated debate and threatened legal action, town councilors have agreed to revisit controversial new rules that regulate boat moorings in local waters. The decision Monday to reconsider aspects of the rules comes as a vocal group of boaters is circulating a petition calling for the full repeal of the mooring ordinance. The rules went into effect July 6, prohibiting anyone who does not own shorefront property from setting anchor in any body of water in Winthrop within 200 feet of the shoreline.