Betsy Fitzgerald
returned to the Machias area in 2006 after a teaching career of
thirty-three years at Erskine Academy in So. China, ME.
As the Machias Town
Manager, Fitzgerald has been involved in a number of
initiatives. The Downtown Revitalization Committee is working to
bring business activity to the downtown area as well as increase
the awareness of the place Machias holds in the history of the
United States. The historic train station is under renovation
and will serve as the trailhead for the Sunrise Trail.
The Trail will be
the longest ATV/snowmobile trail in Maine when completed.
Grants have supported riverbank survey work, the replacement of
the boat dock pilings, and new plantings along Main St, Colonial
Way and along the dike.
Fitzgerald
attended Washington Academy and the University of Maine,
Machias. She holds a MA in Comprehensive Planning from the
Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Policy at USM. She is also a
certified code enforcement officer and licensed plumbing
inspector. She serves on the UMM Board of Visitors and the WHCA
Board of Directors.
