Legislature must now OK any change in overnight docking of state ferries

Legislature must now OK any change in overnight docking of state ferries

Gov. Janet Mills on Thursday signed a bill into law that will require the Legislature to approve any changes in the location where the Maine State Ferry Service docks its vessels overnight. The legislation comes after a backlash to the service’s proposal to start berthing ferries overnight on the mainland, rather than on the islands of Hancock County and the midcoast that they serve.  In January, Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner B…