Business owner clear-cut land in Scarborough without approval

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • June 2, 2026

A business owner clear-cut land near Route 1 without a permit, according to a notice of violation from the town of Scarborough. Cary Seamans is the owner of Seamans Construction and CVS Foundations LLC, according to Seamans’ LinkedIn account. Seamans recently purchased around 10 wooded acres with a single home. A large part of the property is also subject to the shoreland zoning ordinance — which protects the environment and wildlife on land near a pond, river, stream or wetland — as it is within 250 feet of the Stuart Brook east of the Maine Turnpike. Seamans needed approval to clear or remove vegetation for the portion of the property in the Stream Protection 2 Overlay District. “I didn’t have any real reason for the trees to be removed,” Seamans said. “We were thinking about hopefully developing the property.”