PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • December 15, 2025
The dangerous lack of oversight by the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority (MRRA) that led to the 2024 release of firefighting foam continues to cast its dark shadow over health, safety and new development at Brunswick Landing. The Brunswick Area Citizens for a Safe Environment (BACSE) group was established in 1990 to represent the local community in the long, continuing remediation and redevelopment of the former Naval Air Station at its Superfund (CERCLA) site. All construction on the Landing should be paused until current hydrogeological mapping has revealed the extent of PFAS and other poisons. Many citizens are asking Brunswick planners, the state, the Navy and MRRA, to comply with BACSE’s recommendations and the full, updated CERCLA permitting process now. ~ Bruce Kantner, Brunswick, organic farmer and community advocate, and retired environmental science/sustainability teacher