MORE mussel rafts applied for between MDI and Lamoine

Narrow picturesque Eastern Bay - between Mount Desert Island and the Lamoine mainland - is under threat of floating mussel rafts that would join two other mussel farms already in operation in this narrow waterbody connecting Blue Hill Bay and Frenchman's Bay. Concerned citizens are rising to challenge this latest proposal, which sources say would be seeded, maintained and harvested by Great Eastern Mussel while under the legal ownership of Tim Levesque. Stay tuned.