SUN JOURNAL • September 22, 2025
Selectmen voted Thursday to accept a consent agreement negotiated between attorneys for the town and a property owner cited last May for six code violations at 33 Old Pulp Mill Road. Jonathan Shilalis owns the property on the Crooked River he rents out through Airbnb. The consent agreement calls for Shilalis to undo much of the excavation and luxury additions he installed on the property in violation of Resource Protection setbacks. The Crooked River is a major tributary of Sebago Lake, which provides the drinking water for the greater Portland area in southern Maine. The river section that travels through Norway is also considered to be critical spawning grounds for wild salmon and brook trout. The 33 Old Pulp Mill parcel has been intermittently listed for sale for more than a year. It currently appears on real estate sales platforms as being on the market for the last six months, at the price of $1,000,000.