FORECASTER • May 11, 2023
“No one is selling Bug Light. That’s not on the table; no one has talked about that,” South Portland City Manager Scott Morelli told residents at a City Council workshop on strategies to protect the popular park and other open spaces. “I understand how rumors can get started, but the city is not considering selling Bug Light or any other city park.” The South Portland Land Trust and the city Conservation Commission have said that a 4-3 council vote in February against a conservation easement on the park would allow the council to potentially decide on its own to sell it. Councilors opposed to the easement said they were uncomfortable ceding partial ownership of the nearly 9-acre site.