Title

"News & Issues" piece on Andrews Island off South Thomaston, whose owners are pr

Authors

Phyllis Austin

Source

Maine Times

Date

1-25-2001

Pages

9

Abstract

"News & Issues" piece on Andrews Island off South Thomaston, whose owners are protesting against the Land Use Regulation Commission's move to designate an 80-acre floodplain on their island. Virginia Oliver, whose family has owned the island for at least a century, said they've never had a flooding problem or flood insurance, and claims it's a property-rights issue. The owners also question why no other Maine islands have been similarly zoned. Officials say Andrews Island is the first off Maine to have a designated floodplain zone because its southern end, Nash Point, has been identified by the U.S. Department of Interior as an undeveloped coastal barrier.

Subjects

Andrews Island

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