CENTRAL MAINE • January 5, 2026
Leo St. Peter says he thinks the city’s rules about keeping chickens are too restrictive, and he wants to see them loosened. St. Peter said with food prices high and people wanting to raise their own food to cut costs and eat more healthfully, making it easier to raise chickens is important. The requirement that people raising chickens have at least 8,000 square feet of property is too stringent, as is the limit of six chickens per lot, according to St. Peter.