Associated Press
KITTERY, Maine — The Navy says it has received more than one proposal in its latest attempt to enlist the private sector to redevelop the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard’s shuttered prison.
But officials aren’t providing details as they continue to evaluate them.
The Navy is trying for a third time to breathe life back to life the fortress-like structure that has priceless views of the Atlantic Ocean, but needs millions of dollars of repairs.
Former Marine Corps guards who’ll gather at the prison on Thursday for a reunion are interested in the proposal.
Tom Guillory of Mariaville, Maine - who worked at the prison in 1967 and 1968 - would like to see the prison rehabbed, saying it’s an important part of history.