A “Pretty Little Village” that you can’t access is a topic of conversation I have often heard among my neighbors in Wiscasset. As several of my neighbors have gotten older they realize that they no longer can walk into town on the slippery brick sidewalks and crumbling stairs leading into the stores. My immediate neighbor […]

MDOT has stated that its own plan to eliminate all street parking in downtown Wiscasset will save a meager 12 seconds and, ironically, that savings will be lost within a few months as traffic increases. Meanwhile a death-knell will be sounded for Main Street businesses who pay taxes and generate municipal revenue and provide jobs […]

I am writing as a concerned patron of the shops in Wiscasset, a driver and parker, and a concerned citizen about the UNFOUNDED FEARS of the shop owners, as indicated in their affidavits posted on the Wiscasset town website. Many are friends and I do not want them to have fears of any nature. I […]

I am writing concerning the Main Street Project in Wiscasset. The Maine Department of Transportation offered to bring improvements to the summer traffic situation in town and presented three options to the citizens. By a wide margin the citizens of Wiscasset accepted Option 2. This plan included limiting interference with traffic by eliminating diagonal parking […]

I fully support MDOT’s Wiscasset Downtown Improvement Project with the Option 2 design for the following reasons. Safety: Having parking on Main Street is a major safety issue for both drivers and pedestrians. Drivers cannot see oncoming traffic or pedestrians when attempting to back out of any one of the on-street parking spaces. Drivers such […]