FRIENDS OF SCARBOROUGH MARSH (FOSM)
FREE LECTURE SERIES
 
“Marsh-Friendly Lawn Care”
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
6:30 – 7:30 PM
Study Center, Scarborough High School
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Friends of Scarborough Marsh (FOSM) is pleased to host a Fall Lecture about marsh-friendly lawn care practices with Jami Fitch, Scarborough’s Sustainability Coordinator, on Wednesday, October 23rd from 6:30 to 7:30 PM. Jami will draw on her extensive experience with healthy lawn care for this free lecture. 
The Town of Scarborough is partnering with FOSM on this lecture as part of the Phillips Brook Restoration Project. The Town recently received a grant to begin restoration work in Phillips Brook, which flows from the Dunstan area into the Scarborough Marsh. Keeping the marsh healthy is of great importance and this lecture will provide details on how the community can affect the quality of marsh water. Join us in the Study Center at Scarborough High School for this free event. Use the front entrance off Durant Drive and follows signs to the lecture. 

Funding for the Phillips Brook Restoration Project was provided, in part, by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act. The funding is administered by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection in partnership with EPA.

The Friends of Scarborough Marsh help complete the closing for the Blue Point Preserve

Betsy Barrett, Board Treasurer and Stephanie Smith, Board President
attended the closing for the Whitten Property, which was the marsh
frontage in the new Blue Point Preserve. The Friends and the
Scarborough Land Trust shared equally in purchasing this portion of the
reserve from the Town of Scarborough.

The preserve is now owned by the Scarborough Land Trust, and they
will be creating trails and improving the access to the property.
By spring we should all be able to enjoy walking, bird watching,
picnicking or just enjoying the marsh from the preserve.
This is a beautiful piece of land abutting the marsh which is now
preserved for posterity.

The Cell Tower controversy has been resolved.
The Friends of Scarborough Marsh joined with the Prouts Neck Association, the Scarborough Land Trust, Maine Audubon and many others to oppose the original plan by Verizon to place a cell tower at the edge of the Marsh.
Happily, after a lot of work and effort by a number of committed residents and the planning board, Verizon has agreed to install a concealment tower with no external antennas, place the tower in a more wooded location farther from the edge of the marsh, limit the height to 110 feet, and paint it a neutral gray tone which makes it less conspicuous.
The Friends of Scarborough Marsh thanks everyone who has been involved in reaching this compromise.