CITY CHALKS UP A SAVE

From: Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME) | Date: September 22, 2001 | Copyright information

Portland Press Herald (Maine)
09-22-2001
A 'spectacular' 60-acre woodland, complete with a stream, is acquired for public use by Portland's City Council.

Portland Press Herald (Maine)
Saturday, September 22, 2001
Edition: Final
Section: Local & State
Page: 1B
From staff reports

Portland-- Hidden behind the neo-Colonial houses going up all over North Deering is Portland's newest park.

The buggy backcountry is maybe 15 minutes from City Hall, but it looks and smells, convincingly, like the deep woods of the White Mountains.

"Amazing, isn't it?" says Roger Berle, a member of the city's Landbank ...

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