Request to modify pier hints at plans for long-dormant Bucksport riverfront site

Request to modify pier hints at plans for long-dormant Bucksport riverfront site

A long-vacant riverfront industrial property just upriver from Bucksport’s former paper mill site is getting some official attention that may be a sign someone wants to put it back to use. Sprague International Properties recently applied to the state to transfer and modify a lease on submerged lands where a pier extends from the parcel into the Penobscot River, the first major sign of life there in years, according to a town official. It would …