Letter: Gorham connector not worth the cost

MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • March 24, 2024

Smiling Hill Farm was founded 44 years before the town of Gorham and 94 years before Westbrook. Only 187 dairy farms remain in Maine. In 1954 there were almost 4600. I know the proposed connector will go through the western portion where SHF harvests hay. I am not against progress, unless said progress does not honor the past. We are at a place in this state, as well as in this entire country, when we need to ask ourselves who we are and who we want to become. A Gorham connector will change traffic patterns. I disagree that this is worth the cost. ~ Debra Bickford, Buxton