FRYEBURG, Maine — About 60 people turned up at the Hastings Community Center on Dec. 20 to debate the merits of a proposed shooting range renovation and after a couple hours of discussion the planning board gave conditional approval to the project.
The range renovation was proposed by Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
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