BANGOR DAILY NEWS • April 28, 2025
Voters will decide the future of the Mayo Mill Dam and its associated costs when they go to the polls on June 10 to cast ballots on the Dover-Foxcroft referendum ballot. Two articles concerning the dam were approved at the annual town meeting on Saturday in the first of a two-step process. The first article would authorize the select board to raise and appropriate $250,000 and have the authority to borrow up to $250,000 (for a total not to exceed $500,000) to begin consulting work to surrender the dam’s FERC license. The second dam article asks residents to authorize the select board to borrow up to $9 million for the retention and repair of the dam. Financing the $9 million over 25 years, with a 5 percent interest rate, would put the project cost at $14,107,600.