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Court Rejects Zoning Appeal For Chellie Pingree’s North Haven Inn Expansion

An inn in North Haven owned by U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine’s 1st District is on the winning end of a Maine Supreme Court decision in a dispute with a neighbor who sought to prevent an expansion on the property.

The Nebo Lodge filed for a land use permit in order to tear down one of two existing buildings and replace it with a larger structure that would house, among other things, two bedrooms for staff, office space, a kitchen and storage.

The local planning board approved the application with conditions.

Steven Wolfram, who owns property across the street from the lodge, opposed the application and appealed the planning board decision, which was affirmed by the Board of Appeals.

Wolfram argued that the expansion ran afoul of local zoning requirements and that he was the victim of bias.

A further appeal by Wolfram was rejected by a Maine Superior Court justice, a judgment affirmed today by the Maine High Court.

The demolition and construction was completed in 2014.

Ed is a Maine native who spent his early childhood in Livermore Falls before moving to Farmington. He graduated from Mount Blue High School in 1970 before going to the University of Maine at Orono where he received his BA in speech in 1974 with a broadcast concentration. It was during that time that he first became involved with public broadcasting. He served as an intern for what was then called MPBN TV and also did volunteer work for MPBN Radio.