Bowdoinham Planning Board to Hear Tier II, Public Works Expansion March 26

The Bowdoinham Planning Board is scheduled to meet Thursday, March 26, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in the 2nd Floor Meeting Room of the Coombs Municipal Building, 13 School St., to hear a Town application to expand the Public Works/Recycling Facility and a second notice that was posted by the Town on March 2, 2026. The Town posted two Notices of Public Hearing on March 2, 2026 for the Planning Board's March 26 meeting.

The public posting for the Public Works item is headed “NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING” and includes this description: “Site Plan Review Permit Tier II application from the Town of Bowdoinham to expand the Public Works/Recycling Facility to create 1.38 acres of additional gravel lot area for storage, and it will include a secondary entrance for public access to the expanded area.” The posting identifies the applicant as the Town of Bowdoinham and specifies the expansion as 1.38 acres of additional gravel lot area for storage.

Copies of the Public Works application and its attachments are available for inspection at the Town Office, which the notice lists as “Town of Bowdoinham, 13 School Street, Bowdoinham, Maine, 04008.” The notice directs questions to the Town Office at 207-666-5531 and repeats the office hours: “Office Hours: Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 8:30-4, and Wed 11-6.” The posting also displays an attachments section labelled “### Attachments [...] ### Attachments,” indicating supporting documents accompany the application though those attachments were not included in the posted excerpt provided.

The town’s March 2 posting also stated that two Notices of Public Hearing were posted, but the text provided to the newsroom contains only a truncated reference to the second item: “The Planning Board will hold a public hearing on: (1) a Tier II Site” with no further detail. The available materials do not identify an applicant, site address, acreage, or other specifics for that second notice, and the full text of the second notice was not included in the posting excerpt supplied.

Practical details for residents planning to attend or to review materials: the meeting location is the Coombs Municipal Building, 2nd Floor Meeting Room, 13 School St., Bowdoinham, and the Planning Board meeting is set to begin at 6:00pm on March 26. The Town Recycling location referenced in the posting is at 121 Pond Road, with hours listed as “Thu, Sat 8-4, and Tue 12-6pm.” For copies of applications, attachments, or to request the full text of the second notice, the posting advises: “If you should have any questions, please contact the Town Office at 207-666-5531,” and provides fax 207-666-5532.

The Planning Board will convene March 26 to hear the Tier II Public Works application and to address the second notice on the agenda; the town office and posted attachments are the immediate sources for maps, plans, and the paperwork the board will consider that evening.