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Article: Old Orchard Beach looks at options for Ballpark ; Town officials hope to restore the tax potential of a 53-acre lot with a vacant stadium by selling it.
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- Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME)
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- January 31, 2005
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SETH HARKNESS Staff Writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
01-31-2005
Old Orchard Beach looks at options for Ballpark ; Town officials hope to restore the tax potential of a 53-acre lot with a vacant stadium by selling it.
Byline: SETH HARKNESS Staff Writer
Edition: Final
Section: FRONT
OLD ORCHARD BEACH --
Circled by tall pines and tucked out of view behind the police and fire station, there is a decrepit baseball stadium with seating for 6,000 people and an outfield full of weeds. Old Orchard Beach Town Manager Jim Thomas, who was hired last summer in part to oversee the redevelopment of this property, jokingly refers to it as the Old Orchard field of dreams. Most long-term residents would ...