Agreement reached between MRSC and Wilson Pond Association

Staff Report

    GREENVILLE — The ongoing problem with snowmobile access in part of the Moosehead Lake Region took a positive step forward this week, according to an agenda item on the Dec. 17 selectmen’s agenda.

    An agreement has been reached between the Moosehead Riders Snowmobile Club and the Wilson Pond Association to allow the snowmobile trail to run the outer Scammon Road for this winter. “This is very good news for the greater Greenville community this winter,” Town Manager John Simko wrote. “The work begins now to find a permanent solution for a northbound snowmobile trail on the east side of the lake.”
    MRSC President John Cobb originally said that the club would not groom trails on the east side of the lake unless they can find a way to have a continuous trail northbound.
    Direct access to some major trails had been cut off after the death of Richard “Stretch” Kennedy, as his heirs’ attorney notified the MRSC that this land will be closed to snowmobile traffic indefinitely. Town officials and the MRSC are still working on a resolution to the problem.
    Kennedy was a former Piscataquis County sheriff’s deputy who moved to New Hampshire about 25 years ago and served several terms in the state legislature. He passed away on Jan. 15.
    Other items on the Dec. 17 agenda include the annual liquor license renewal for Kelly’s Landing, an update on the town’s rec center by Recreation Director Sally Tornquist and a review of the town’s solid waste contract with Moosehead Rubbish Inc.
    The meeting gets underway at 6:30 p.m.