{"id":13684,"date":"2026-10-01T18:40:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/?post_type=referendum&#038;p=13684"},"modified":"2026-10-01T18:42:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:42:43","slug":"freeport-island-rover-referendum","status":"publish","type":"referendum","link":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/referendums\/freeport-island-rover-referendum\/","title":{"rendered":"Freeport Island Rover referendum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-900e0254 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-4-font-size\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-left is-style-short-red\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/2026\/08\/24\/freeport-voters-could-decide-whether-long-landlocked-ship-gets-to-see-the-ocean\/\">Freeport voters could decide whether long-landlocked ship gets to the ocean<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/2026\/03\/31\/an-80-ton-ship-has-been-landlocked-in-freeport-for-years-heres-why\/\">An 80-ton ship has been landlocked in Freeport for years. Here\u2019s why.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The referendum calls for a temporary boat launch at 0 Shore Drive to launch the Island Rover, a long-landlocked schooner built by Harold Arndt that has been the source of controversy and lawsuits over more than three decades. This is the second time a group of citizens has attempted a petition to launch the vessel after failing to gather enough valid signatures in June. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"voter_guide_referendum_type":"","voter_guide_referendum_needs":"","voter_guide_referendum_fiscal_impact":"","voter_guide_referendum_effective_if_passed":"","voter_guide_referendum_sponsor":"","voter_guide_referendum_signatures_required":"","voter_guide_referendum_signatures_collected":"","voter_guide_referendum_legislative_action":"","voter_guide_referendum_on_ballot_since":"","voter_guide_referendum_vote_yes_means":"The town would approve a temporary boat launch in the zoning district containing 0 Shore Drive, the planned site to launch the Island Rover. It would exempt all boat launches in this zoning area from certain town environmental and zoning requirements.","voter_guide_referendum_vote_no_means":"The temporary boat launch facility would not be able to be built on 0 Shore Drive for the purpose of launching the Island Rover.","voter_guide_referendum_related_links":"","_speedyseo_primary_vg_referendum_type":"","footnotes":""},"vg_scope":[899],"vg_municipality":[1177],"vg_referendum_type":[],"class_list":["post-13684","referendum","type-referendum","status-publish","hentry","vg_scope-local","vg_municipality-freeport"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/13684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/referendum"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/13684\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vg_scope","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_scope?post=13684"},{"taxonomy":"vg_municipality","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_municipality?post=13684"},{"taxonomy":"vg_referendum_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_referendum_type?post=13684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}