Freeport's Purple Pet Pantry & Webster's Proposed Septic Bill

The Pet Pantry featured here in this photo was the center of local media attention this fall with respect to whether or not it conformed with Freeport's ordinance for preserving the traditional New England village look. The owners prevailed when Fred Reeder, the code enforcement office, stated that in fact purple was an acceptable color. In fact, there were probably many colorful homes during the Victorian era around the late 1800's and early 1900's.

Freeport's David Webster is proposal a septic system bill modeled after a Massachusetts law that has allowed that state to have a thriving shellfish industry on Cape Cod, the Elizabeth Islands, including Nantucket. Webster's bill would require that failing coastal septic systems be corrected at the point of sale by the seller or the buyer.