As some Maine dams get removed, these Hancock County towns aim to keep theirs

As some Maine dams get removed, these Hancock County towns aim to keep theirs

Orland-area residents figured that, someday, the scrap metal company that owns dams on Toddy Pond and Alamoosook would want to get rid of them. The Bucksport paper mill the dams were built to support has been closed for more than a decade, and the company specializes in scrap metal recovery and recycling — not in maintaining dams. But it was hard to plan ahead because Bucksport Mill LLC was tight-lipped about its plans, said Marc Restuccia, pres…