County staff presented what they describe as a comprehensive plan to evaluate and assess up to 200 homeless people living in RVs, tents and handmade structures on a county-owned section of Juniper Ridge.

Source: https://centraloregondaily.com/juniper-ridge-homeless-camp-removal/

Juniper Ridge Community School, 615 Community Lane, requested $3 million from School District 51 in early 2023.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/why-charter-schools-werent-included-in-binghams-enrollment-study/article_b9acd27a-b93a-11ed-a0ed-0b0e956c257e.html

Juniper Ridge Community School’s location at 615 Community Lane near 26 1/2 Road and Horizon Place opened to students in Sept. 2019.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/juniper-ridge-asks-d51-school-board-for-3m-for-campus-improvements/article_d5863d98-8c6b-11ed-81de-ffcf426a477c.html

Like the Juniper Ridge Landfill operator, Casella Waste of New Hampshire, NACW accused industrial sludge producers – not municipal sludge producers – of being the primary source.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/03/19/from-maine-to-california-states-struggle-with-sludge-solutions/

On Feb. 23, Casella Waste Systems told more than 30 wastewater treatment plants, including Bangor’s, it would no longer put their sludge into the Juniper Ridge Landfill in Old Town and cited two laws — LD 1639 and LD 1911 — for the abrupt stop.

Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/03/20/news/bangor/lawmakers-offer-no-solutions-bangor-sludge-crisis-n6hjn1me0n/

We would hope that our decades of environmentally responsible management of the Juniper Ridge Landfill, and the talented men and women who provide that service, can be a starting point for those discussions.

Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/03/23/opinion/opinion-contributor/change-state-law-safe-sludge-disposal/