GREENVILLE, Maine — The Greenville Board of Selectmen continued to work on ways to provide more snowmobile access in and around the community after learning that one major route through private property would be cut off this year.
At their Nov. 19 meeting, the board unanimously voted to have Town Manager John Simko draft a letter to the property owners along the section of Scammon Road not maintained by the town, informing them that the town is willing to take over this section for summer and winter maintenance in exchange for the immediate use of the road as an ITS snowmobile trail. The provision also would include the long-term development of an adjacent permanent snowmobile trail to the road, if there is support from the property owners to do so.
The board also passed a motion to have Simko work with Moosehead Riders Snowmobile Club President John Cobb and Game Warden Rick LaFlamme to see if a trail could be developed to connect downtown Greenville to the East Road from Powerhouse Corner to Plum Creek-owned land along Katahdin Ironworks Road.
The route would connect with the trail that runs north from Katahdin Ironworks Road about two miles east of Wilson Stream Bridge.
Additionally, Cobb presented the title to a snowmobile owned by the club to the Greenville Fire Department for use in emergency responses. Selectmen agreed to accept this gift and publicly thanked the Moosehead Riders Snowmobile Club for their generosity.
The selectmen and town manager noted that all departments will be open all day on Christmas Eve, Wednesday, Dec. 24.