BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 9, 2023
Some Bucksport-area residents are opposing a move that would allow a dormant local landfill to start accepting more waste. About 40 people gathered Tuesday night at Brown Hall on Elm Street to voice their concerns and to hear from people who live near the Juniper Ridge landfill in Old Town about their experiences as neighbors to an active landfill site. Don White, a Bucksport resident who helped organize the talk, said that any new activity at the local landfill, which is owned by AIM subsidiary Bucksport Mill LLC, would cause environmental problems and be bad for people who live in the area. The town has reservations about the idea, said Susan Lessard, Bucksport’s town manager, though Bucksport could benefit from receiving a share of the tipping fees and disposing of its own construction and demo debris free of charge.