PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • July 13, 2023
Environmental groups are celebrating a new bipartisan state law that bans new waste discharges into the lower Presumpscot River for the next four years. The Friends of Casco Bay and the Friends of the Presumpscot River say the law signed by Gov. Janet Mills will provide them with valuable time to create a long-term plan for protecting the river. “This is a tremendous victory for the river and for Casco Bay,” said Will Everitt, the executive director of the Friends of Casco Bay. “It gives us four years to work with state and federal agencies to make sure that we lock in protection for the health of the river and the health of the bay.”