Downeast Magazine has a nice article on "Casco Bay’s Forgotten Forts"

Asked what the hardest thing about fort ownership is nowadays, Hal doesn’t have to think. “Paying the taxes,” he says emphatically, referring to the $35,000 annual bill from Portland, of which House Island and Fort Scammell are a part. “We don’t have any services, but we’re charged by the square foot so we’re in the top ten tax residents in the city.”

Read the entire article here:

http://www.downeast.com/magazine/2010/february/casco-forgotten-forts