WESTPORT — With an approval of over $5.5 million at a recent Board of Finance meeting, the town is making strides to repair the 36-year-old Old Mill Pond walkway and tide gate, which has fallen ...

WESTPORT — The 36-year-old Old Mill Pond walkway and tide gate, which has fallen into disrepair, will be rehabbed — and some hope access to the site will come with the work.

KINGFIELD — The Kingfield Select Board met Aug. 5 to review year-end financials and discuss the Shiloh Pond Committee’s request to move the gate at the bridge leading to Shiloh Pond.

The photos show an inland pond whose water levels can be altered by opening its sluice gates. They are not impacted by rising sea levels. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

The committee is requesting to move the gate to the pond, which is accessible by a road and bridge. At the Aug. 5 Select Board meeting, ...

On June 28 – "Johnson's Pond Independence Day," some residents joked – town officials grabbed bolt cutters, cut open the locks to the dam's gate and forced open the doors.