Contaminated Keddy Mill in Windham to face wrecking ball soon

By Ed Pierce

Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have met with representatives of the Town of Windham, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and a consulting firm to review final plans for the demolition of the Keddy Mill on Depot Street in South Windham this fall.

Demolition of the contaminated Keddy Mill in South
Windham by the Environmental Protection Agency will
take place this fall and will be the first step in a process
that could take up to four years to remove hazardous
contamination and toxic materials from the site.
COURTESY PHOTO 

Since 2014, the Keddy Mill site has been part of the EPA’s National Priority List, also known as the Superfund, recognizing it as contaminated and hazardous to human health. The site itself consists of a 6.93-acre abandoned mill complex property at 7 Depot St. adjacent to the Presumpscot River.

The site has a long history, with operations beginning in the late 1700s and ending in 1997. The building that will be demolished was used as a grist and carding mill, a pulp mill, a box-board manufacturing facility and a steel mill. Throughout the industrial history, several buildings have been demolished and others added to the mill complex. The site has been identified with contamination from various hazardous substances, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), heavy metals and petroleum hydrocarbons.

Town officials were briefed by the EPA that their demolition and cleanup will include excavation and off-site disposal of about 22,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil; targeted treatment of soil excavation in support of groundwater cleanup; groundwater treatment; excavation and off-site disposal of about 320 cubic yards of contaminated sediment from the Presumpscot River.

EPA administrators say that site restoration work will include cleanup of the riverbed, riverbank, wetland and floodplain habitat.

Last summer, EPA New England Regional Administrator David W. Cash said that land-use restrictions to prevent exposure to site-related contaminants in groundwater and fish tissue will be in place until all cleanup levels are met.

Cash said the Keddy Mill site will be subject to EPA inspections and limited operation and maintenance, along with monitoring of groundwater and fish tissue to evaluate the achievement of cleanup levels. The EPA will also conduct Five-Year Reviews to assess the protectiveness of the cleanup remedies.

"EPA is very pleased that after years of assessment and discussion with the community, we are moving into a significant stage of recovery and reclamation of this site," Cash said. “The upcoming building demolition and removal of contaminated materials is an important step in the lengthy process of returning a Superfund site to productive use in a community."

The EPA’s Superfund program was established in 1980 and is responsible for cleaning up some of the nation’s most contaminated land and responding to environmental emergencies, oil spills and natural disasters. To protect public health and the environment, the Superfund program focuses on making a visible and lasting difference in communities, ensuring that people can live and work in healthy, vibrant places.

Maine environmental officials say they support EPA’s efforts to demolish the Keddy Mill structures and subsequent cleanup of the grounds at the site.

“The Maine DEP is pleased to continue working with our partners at EPA and the citizens of Windham to address historical contamination at the Keddy Mill, eliminating the threats to public health and the environment and returning the property to a productive future,” said Maine Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Melanie Loyzim.

Original data was first collected at the Keddy Mill complex during preliminary investigations in the 1980s and included a fuel oil spill there, resulting in two previous EPA cleanup actions performed at the site. In 1997, a project to remove nearly 11 tons of petroleum-impacted soil from the north-central portion of the property was conducted in accordance with Maine Department of Environmental Protection requirements. In 2010, a second cleanup action removed accessible PCB-contaminated fuel oils in piping and PCB-contaminated sludge, dirt, debris, and oil materials within the buildings on the site.

But contamination problems at Keddy Mill led the EPA to complete a thorough site investigation in January 2013 and a Hazard Ranking System package in April 2013. Following those investigations, the Keddy Mill site was placed on the National Priority List Superfund in May 2014. A Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study was initiated there in 2015 to determine the nature and extent of contamination and the risks posed to human health and the environment and evaluate alternative cleanup measures if necessary.

A Final Risk Assessment Report in November 2021, a Human Health Risk Assessment documentation in June 2023, an Ecological Risk Assessment documentation in June 2023 and a Final Report in June 2023 were made available to the public in support of the Proposed Plan for the Site last summer. Following a 30-day public comment period, selected response actions for the Keddy Mill site were finalized on Sept. 28, 2023.

The EPA’s cleanup plan is expected to take between two to four years to design and execute and will be implemented following demolition of the mill complex and associated structures on the property. <

Groundbreaking nearing for new Windham Raymond Middle School

By Ed Pierce

Ground will be broken in September for the new Windham Raymond Middle School which will be built at 61 Windham Center Road in Windham.

Ground will be broken in September for construction of the
new Windham Raymond Middle School at 61 Windham
Center Road. The new school is expected to open in
the Fall of 2027. COURTESY PHOTO

In a referendum last November, voters approved a proposal to construct the new school, which will receive about 77 percent of construction costs paid by the Maine Department of Education’s Major Capital Construction Program.

RSU 14 first applied for the Maine Department of Education’s Major Capital Construction Program in 2016 for funding for construction and it was ranked as the fifth-highest priority among 74 proposed school construction projects statewide each year before eventually gaining approval in March 2021. Once a school district applies for funding, Maine Department of Education reviews and rates the projects based upon need. The State Board of Education then funds as many projects from the list as available debt limit funds allow. Working with the State Board of Education, Maine DOE establishes both size and financial limits with additional expenses financed through local municipal bonds approved by voters.

More than 132 potential 35-plus acre sites were originally identified for review for the new school by the RSU 14 WMS Building Committee and were then ranked according to transportation accessibility, utility availability, environmental impact, and a range of other factors. The Windham Center Road site for the project was finalized in June 2023.

Chris Howell, RSU 14 Superintendent of Schools, said the middle school project continues to be on schedule.

“The district has signed a contract with Shaw Brothers Construction for the site work on the project. This work includes all the roads, parking lots, athletic fields, playground and off-site traffic and sidewalk improvements,” Howell said. “We are currently waiting on two permits to start construction. One permit is from the Army Corps of Engineers and the other is from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Both permits are expected on or around Aug. 1. The public can expect to see a significant amount of activity on site as soon as the permits are in hand.”

Howell said that the bidding process for the new school construction is expected to take place in December or early January.

“In anticipation of the bid process, work is taking place on the construction documents for the final design of the building,” he said. “If all goes well, we anticipate breaking ground on the building structure in late February or early March.”

The school district is also currently working on obtaining traffic permits with the Maine Department of Transportation which will define road improvements necessary for Windham Center Road and River Road and a formal groundbreaking ceremony will be conducted at the site sometime after Labor Day.

Once the school construction is completed Windham Middle School and Jordan-Small Middle School in Raymond will be combined into what will be known as Windham Raymond Middle School.

The original Windham Middle School was built in 1977 and was intended for a capacity of 483 students. That number has grown in the last few years to exceed 650 students, with sixth graders being housed for some classes at the adjacent Field Allen School, originally constructed in 1949. Jordan-Small Middle School in Raymond was originally constructed as an elementary school in 1960 and currently has about 180 students.

The new school plan calls for students in Grades 5 to 8 for both Windham and Raymond students. Windham fifth graders currently attending Manchester School would attend the new school, as would Jordan-Small Middle School students from Raymond. The maximum capacity for the new school is expected to be about 1,200 students and the building is expected to be viable for at least 50 years.

Lavallee Brensinger Company of Portland is serving as architects for the construction project and Howell said that the school is being designed to accommodate teams of two to four staff members.

“The teaming structure will give students the feel of being in a smaller school within the larger school. Each team will have spaces that are dedicated to each of the core subject areas,” he said. “In addition, the building will be structured to allow for the integration of some of the applied arts within the team. The development of the team structure will serve to bring the best possible facilities to each team. In contrast, the original Windham Junior High School, now Windham Middle School, was built as a departmentalized Junior High School.”

According to Howell, within the current teaming structure, only some classrooms have access to lab classrooms as part of science classes.

“At Jordan-Small Middle School in Raymond, the building was originally designed as an elementary school. When the building was repurposed as a middle school, two science labs were created to serve students in four different grades,” he said. “The new building will also incorporate the newer state guidelines for room sizes. Many of the classrooms at WMS are significantly undersized when compared to current standards.”

The new Windham Raymond Middle School features a 600-seat auditorium, additional bleacher seating and parking space, a larger gym, a walking track, and outdoor classrooms.

The estimated cost of the project is $140 million in state-subsidized construction and about $38 million in local additional costs. Windham will be responsible for roughly 80 percent of the $38 million local costs and Raymond will be responsible for roughly 20 percent.

Howell said that the new school is expected to be open by Fall 2027. <

Emerging artists to be showcased at Hawthorne House Art Show and Sale

A very special showcase of local artists and artisans is coming to one of southern Maine’s most beloved and cherished venues, the newly refurbished Hawthorne House, located at 40 Hawthorne Road in Raymond.

Local artists will be featured at an Art Show and Sale next
weekend at the Hawthorne House, 40 Hawthorne Road in
Raymond. SUBMITTED PHOTO

The show will begin with an Opening Reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday Aug. 2, which will offer a chance to meet the artists whose work will be displayed at the event. Thereafter, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Boyhood Home will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 3 and Aug. 4, with all art available for viewing and sale.

The three-day event is free with donations accepted for the continuing maintenance of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Boyhood Home gratefully accepted.

“We’re excited to have the opportunity to open up the newly restored Hawthorne House and give local, emerging artists an opportunity to show and sell their work there,” said Sylvia Sullivan, a long-time member of the Hawthorne Community Association who is coordinating the event. “We’re especially pleased to be showcasing such a wide range of local artistic talent, including painters, photographers, sculptors, and more.”

Among the artists showing their work at the event will be Diane Dunton (landscape painting); Kathleen Gerdes (nature watercolors); Kalee Charette (landscapes and creatures in pen-and-ink); Cole Phillips (wet-plate photography); Bruce Small (landscape and wildlife photography); Elizabeth Lachance (paper-mache sculptures); Trish Kohler (bird watercolors); Cathy Dodge (acrylics, watercolors, and mixed media); Steve Hobson (photography); Kelly Zinckgraf (showing her late father’s work); Mel Mowry (landscape watercolors); and Linda Kranich (pastels).

A portion of some of the artists’ sales will be donated for the preservation of the boyhood home of this great American author.

The Hawthorne House is the boyhood home in Raymond of the legendary author of The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables and has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1969.

Author Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804, in Salem, Massachusetts, a descendant of William Hathorne, a Puritan who emigrated with his family from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Hawthorne’s grandfather John Hathorne was a judge who presided over some of the Salem Witch Trials.

Hawthorne’s mother was widowed when he was age 4 and after living for 10 years with relatives in Salem, the family moved to a home near Sebago Lake in Raymond built for them by Hawthorne’s uncles Richard and Robert Manning in 1816. He lived there with his family for three years until being sent to boarding school in 1819, but later in life, said Hawthorne was quoted as saying that the time he spent at his home in Raymond was the happiest period of his entire life.

For more information about the upcoming Art Show and Sale, please contact Sylvia Sullivan at rsssm@maine.rr.com or 207-239-6010. <

‘Clean, Drain, Dry and Volunteer’ helpful advice for Raymond boaters

By Nancy Crilly-Kirk
Raymond Waterways Protective Association

A friend of mine wrote to me this month while unhappily vacationing on a lake in Wisconsin. Her lake, once clear and healthy, was now weed-choked, stinking, and too warm. The culprits? Climate change, erosion, and invasive weeds that went unchecked by boaters and citizens. As Ernest Hemingway wrote in “The Sun Also Rises” about how long it took to go bankrupt, “Gradually, and then all of a sudden,” lakes can seem healthy for a while, but the work of invasives can become swift and seemingly conclusive.

Motorboats enjoy excursions on Sebago Lake
after being inspected for invasive plants by
Courtesy Boat Inspectors from the Raymond
Waterways Protective Association.
PHOTO BY JAN PARMALEE 
 

According to the State Department of Environmental Protection, there are four new invasive plants threatening Maine lakes this summer, bringing the total to 15 and making the work of the Raymond Waterways Protective Association so important.

Courtesy Boat Inspectors

Raymond Waterways is a registered Maine non-profit, and uses some support from the state and town, but is mostly funded through private donations to help protect Raymond lakes, brooks, and ponds. It hires Courtesy Boat Inspectors (CBI) at the major boat-launching sites on Raymond waterways. They will help you check your boat for weeds, help you identify any dangerous plants, and advise you to dry your boat far away from shore if you move between different lakes, especially out-of-state lakes. The inspectors are specially trained to recognize invasives, but they are only at each launch site for about 10 percent of the time that launches are accessible to the public. Please, check your own boats, cooperate with the CBI’s and drain bilge on land far from the waterfront. The simple advice is to Clean, Drain, and Dry.

What Harm Do Invasive Plants Do?

As Down East magazine’s Jesse Ellison wrote: “[Eurasian Milfoil] can wreak havoc. Even a mild current can pull a piece loose and that little piece can drift a long way, sprouting its own tiny roots wherever it lands. Over time, a patch of the milfoil can grow so thick that it blocks out sunlight, choking off natural life cycles, killing native plants and the fish and other aquatic animals that depend on them. In the Midwest, some lakes have grown so thick that recreation [boating and swimming] has become virtually impossible.”

Handy Info available at Local Businesses

Raymond Waterways has distributed free cards at local businesses with advice for summer visitors about how to keep our lakes healthy. The printing was funded by Sabre Yachts, and the cards are available at Aubuchon Hardware, Jar Cannabis, and Dugout Ice Cream in North Windham, Great Northern Docks in Naples, and Krainin Real Estate, Good Life Market, Paris Hardware, Mosquito, and Town Hall in Raymond. Please take a card and put them on your refrigerator, especially if you have visitors this summer. You can also distribute them as party favors to all your lakefront and boating friends, too!

Volunteer Opportunities

Sibyl French is the Regional Coordinator of Invasive Plant Patrolers (or “Ippers” for all the Raymond lakes, under Lake Stewards of Maine, and she works with Bunny Wescott who mentors the 66 ‘Ippers,” people who look for invasives and measure water quality on Crescent and Sebago Lakes and on Panther, Thomas, and Raymond Ponds. By volunteering to help, you can join a congenial group of people who will be glad to have you help insure healthy lakes. Sibyl would be glad to give anyone information about how they can learn more and, possibly, become certified. She can be reached at 207-655-6379.

Volunteer board members Jess Fay and Peter Rowland have just surveyed Dingley Brook and the Jordan River between Panther and Sebago and reported no invasive weeds this year.

For more information about Raymond Waterways, please visit raymondwaterways.org, where you can also make a donation via Paypal or credit card, or by mailing a check to Raymond Waterways, PO Box 1243, Raymond, Maine, 04071. Let’s all protect the lakes we love! <

In the public eye: Career firefighter-paramedic takes public safety duties seriously

Editor’s note: This is another in an ongoing series of Windham and Raymond town employee profiles.

By Ed Pierce

Shane Taylor is selfless in his dedication to protecting others and saving others through his work.

Shane Taylor has served as a Career
Firefighter-Paramedic in Windham for
more than 23 years and his duties include
fire suppression, search and rescue,
ventilation, pump operation and
overhaul, fire prevention, life safety
inspections, hazardous condition
investigation, motor vehicle accident 
response and providing basic life
support tasks during emergencies.
SUBMITTED PHOTO

As a career firefighter-paramedic for the Windham Fire/Rescue Department, Taylor performs a variety of duties to include fire suppression tasks such as fire attack, search and rescue, ventilation, pump operation and overhaul. He also participates in fire prevention activities, life safety inspections, hazardous condition investigation and motor vehicle accident response.

And as a paramedic responding to emergency medical calls for service, Taylor provides basic life support and advanced life support tasks in emergencies as the individual situations dictate in Windham.

“Additionally, as the senior career member for the department and on my shift, I am responsible for mentoring our newer members, setting a positive example for all others on the shift, assisting the shift captain with ensuring any and all assignments, training, reports and details are completed as directed as well as assigned station maintenance and housekeeping tasks,” Taylor said.

He has served as a Career Firefighter-Paramedic in Windham for more than 23 years, starting in March 2001.

“Consistently since 1988, I have been actively engaged in Fire and EMS services, and throughout my career the most rewarding aspect of this line of work has been the sense of accomplishment achieved through service to others, especially in their most dire time of need,” he said. “The work, strength and stamina required when providing Fire and EMS services can be very demanding. Maintaining physical fitness and a healthy state of readiness can be challenging, more so as age-related issues begin to factor in. I try to do my best to stay as physically fit as I can, and over the years have made a number of lifestyle changes to do so.”

He grew up and attended public schools in Monmouth, Maine, graduating from Monmouth Academy in 1988. He started college by going to business school at University of Maine, Machias.

“Not even two weeks after starting my studies, I joined the Machias Fire Department as a volunteer with no experience at all. Before long, if I wasn't in class, I was at the fire station,” he said. “Before the end of my first unimpressive year of college, I had decided that I disliked business administration and loved the fire service. With the guidance of my Fire Chief, I applied, was accepted and transferred in the fall of 1989 to what was then Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute where I earned my associate degree in Fire Science Technology in 1991. I earned my Basic EMT license in 1990, my Intermediate EMT license in 1993 and my Paramedic license in 1996.”

Taylor said that in the beginning of his career, securing a position in one of only a few full-time fire departments was ferociously competitive.

“Though I worked in a number of departments across the state and applied for many full-time opportunities, it was not in the cards for me until I saw an ad in the newspaper that Windham Fire-Rescue was hiring a Firefighter-Paramedic,” he said. “I was living in Auburn with my wife and our first infant daughter and was working for Lewiston-Auburn 911 full time as a dispatcher. I applied and was hired as the newest of only four full-time employees, not counting the Fire Chief, Charlie Hammond. I owe Chief Hammond a debt and unending gratitude for taking a chance on me and opening the door to what has been an amazing career.”

During his career with Windham Fire-Rescue, Taylor says he has been a part of some truly miraculous events.

“While it is difficult to quantify a career full of experiences and memories, the moment that best encapsulates why I do this work; the birth of a healthy baby in the back of my ambulance sitting on the side of the road, taking its first breath in my hands,” he said. “Makes me smile to think about it now.”

He wants the public to know being a firefighter and paramedic is not easy.

“While it is indeed physically demanding, that is by far not the toughest part of the job,” Taylor said. “Not everyone can do this job for long. It demands deep personal, emotional and ideological sacrifice beyond what most people would ever tolerate. In the realm of public safety, our universe is a reality that resembles no other. It is no exaggeration nor in any way boastful when I say plainly that it takes a very special type of person to serve a lifetime in Fire, EMS or Law Enforcement organizations. We are all reluctant heroes.” <

Raymond student earns Mainely Character Scholarship

Kylie Thibodeau of Raymond, a 2024 graduate of Gray-New Gloucester High School, has been awarded a Mainely Character Scholarship for $5,000.

Kylie Thibodeau of Raymond, a
2024 Gray-New Gloucester High
School graduate, has been 
awarded a $5,000 Mainely
Character Scholarship.
SUBMITTED PHOTO  

These scholarships are presented annually to Maine high school seniors who demonstrate exemplary concern for others, responsibility, integrity, and courage. Thibodeau was selected from 350 scholarship applicants statewide and her scholarship is sponsored by the Biddeford and Mechanic Savings Charitable Foundation.

Empowered by her grandfather’s story as a Vietnamese refugee, Thibodeau has dedicated much of her life to pursuing her passion for inclusiveness and bettering the lives of immigrants through increasing awareness, particularly of the youth in surrounding communities.

Throughout high school, she has been involved in both her school’s Civil Rights and Model UN Club, and she created two additional organizations called Engaging Diverse Perspectives, and Global Maine. She applied for and received a $10,000 grant to support these programs which seek to increase global engagement from youth in rural communities such as her own and counter xenophobia in rural Maine’s youngest populations.

Approaching public libraries in several rural communities, Thibodeau created story times using children’s books that told honest, accurate, positive stories by and about immigrants.

She has been involved with the Maine Youth Action Network (MYAN) throughout high school. The network’s vision is to “foster the healthy development of youth and create a thriving network of engaged leaders.” Thibodeau currently holds a leadership position in MYAN that allows her to put into practice her understanding of group dynamics and organization skills while always remaining respectful and open to diverse ideas and opinions.

As part of an honors curriculum her senior year she researched the effect of immigration on Maine communities, focusing specifically on the job market. This motivated her to submit Letters to the Editors of local newspapers: “Do Immigrants Steal Jobs from Native Born Mainers?” This submission resulted in varying opinions and feedback from the public that further allowed her to strengthen her belief that all opinions matter and free expression is important, and she welcomed the public discussion about the topic.

Those who know her say that Thibodeau sees life through an amplified lens, always seeing the larger picture. She recognizes strength in others and has a broad understanding of the world, atypical of someone her age. She is an active change maker, devoted to ensuring that diverse perspectives are at the table whenever solutions are being developed.

The Mainely Character Scholarship Board of Directors say that they are pleased to recognize Thibodeau as a person upholding its tenets of character: concern, responsibility, integrity, and courage.

Thibodeau will attend Columbia University this fall.

Mainely Character has been awarding scholarships to students of character since 2001. This year, 12 scholarships are being awarded for Maine students entering a higher education institution in the fall.

For more information about Mainely Character Scholarships, visit mainelycharacter.org. <

New Raymond Comprehensive Plan makes steady progress

By Kendra Raymond

After a lengthy and involved process of information gathering, survey distribution and analysis, public workshops, and plan revisions, the Raymond Comprehensive Plan is rounding the corner and coming into the final phases of the project.

The Raymond Comprehensive Plan website says the comprehensive plan is a document with a long-range view that guides municipal policy, growth, and investment over the next 10 to 20 years. The plan incorporates community vision, values, and data analysis on existing conditions in areas like housing, transportation, population, and public facilities.

“The Raymond Comprehensive Plan Committee is currently reviewing our first draft of the plan,” said Committee chairman Peter Leavitt. “The committee began the process of updating our 2004 plan in August 2020. In February 2021 after issuing RFPs the committee selected NorthStar Planning from Gray, Maine to be our consultant contract planners.”

Raymond has not updated its plan since 2004, and the committee recognizes that a lot has changed in the past 20 years, while some things have remained much the same. The Comprehensive Plan Committee is leading the way to decipher these nuances while remaining true to the core values and history of the town.

For towns in Maine, having a state-certified comprehensive plan is mandatory before applying for various grants and loans, or to incorporate various regulations.

North Star Planning, a New Gloucester-based consulting firm, is guiding the committee through the process. Their website explains that their mission is “helping communities chart their own path,” which seemingly fits the circumstances for Raymond, in the capable hands of the committee. The North Star website also says, “We create and sustain the places that make New England special to live, work, and play.”

The Raymond Comprehensive Plan committee is comprised of co-chairs Peter Leavitt and Kaela Gonzalez, along with a cross-section of community members. The group meets regularly to synthesize data and fine-tune the cohesive Comprehensive Plan, which is the citizen’s vision for the future of the town. It is a long-term planning document that incorporates multiple factors such as housing, land use, recreation, and transportation.

The volunteer committee also receives support from town staff. Employees type the meeting minutes and publish the agenda, but the committee creates their own agenda.

Leavitt cites strong community involvement in the process.

“To date we have sponsored two community workshops involving housing, transportation, future land use,” he said. “We established a website for the purpose of disseminating information regarding our activities.”

He says that citizen data collected from these workshops along with two internet-based community opinion surveys and committee polling of Raymond citizens has formed the core of our current plan. The committee has also completed one-on-one interviews of all town department heads, Leavitt said.

The website lists the Comprehensive Plan project phases as data analysis, an inventory of vision and values, a look toward Raymond Tomorrow, development of an implementation plan, and the adoption of the final plan.

Leavitt provided the projected timeline and completion date for the Comprehensive Plan as follows:

Aug. 7 meeting – A committee review of first draft

August 2024 (date To Be Determined) – A workshop with the Select Board, Planning Board, Code Enforcement and Comprehensive Plan Committee

October 2024 – A review of the second draft of the plan

December 2024 – A final draft Public Hearing

January 2025 – The plan’s submission to the State Planning Board for approval

June 2025 - Town meeting vote on acceptance of Plan

The committee will continue to hold monthly meetings at 6:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month at the Raymond Broadcast studio. The public and press are invited to attend. Virtual attendance is also an option (visit the town calendar for instructions). Attendance at the meetings is a great way to get involved and have your voice heard.

For information and updates, or to sign up for the newsletter, visit the dedicated website at: https://compplan.raymondmaine.org/. There you can submit questions or offer feedback to the committee. Survey reports are available on the website, as well as other resources such as factsheets and workshop reports. <