Fort Halifax Park in Winslow to reopen after monthslong closure [Video]

WINSLOW — One of the town’s most cherished community spaces is reopening Friday after being closed for nearly five months.

Fort Halifax Park, which sits at the confluence of the Kennebec and Sebasticook rivers, has been closed to the public since the Dec. 18 flood damaged the park’s bandstand, washed away benches and took chunks of earth as it went.

The park will reopen this week while the town continues to work to replace the stage and rebuild other amenities, Winslow Parks and Recreation Director Amanda McCaslin said.

“The old stage, the water literally lifted it off its base and moved the entire stage,” McCaslin said. “We know we have a very important historical site. We want it to look nice, but also be something that’s gonna hopefully withstand floodwaters.”

The park’s stage has sat unused, taped off and visibly warped, since December. The town intends to have it demolished …