2022 Citizen of the Year

2022 Honoree: Rosemary Presnar

Rosemary Presnar with Granite City Park sign


Rosemary Presnar has been named the2022 Old Hallowell Day Citizen of the Year by the OHD Committee. Her name may sound familiar: the Mayflower Road resident received the Timson Award on our last Old Hallowell Day, celebrated in 2019. That award, reflecting the late Hallowell Mayor Barry Timson’s remarkable contributions to the community, was designed to recognize and encourage the spirit of volunteerism, civic commitment, and leadership in the city of Hallowell.

Now, as OHD’s Citizen of the Year, Rosemary is being honored forher continuing selfless dedication and further generous contribution of hertalents, skills, experience and insight, all toward enhancing the present and futurequality of life in our community. 

In addition to chairing the Hallowell Conservation Commission, Rosemary has served on the Planning Board, the Comprehensive Planning Committee, and Hallowell Heart & Soul. Rosemary’s roll-up-your-sleeves advocacy on behalf of Hallowell’s natural resources has extended to concerns such as the health of the Vaughan stream and our Kennebec River watershed, pesticide awareness, erosion control, even the fight against brown tail moths,as well as management of our forests, trails, and open spaces including the“Res,” Jamie’s Pond, Vaughan Field, and the Effie L. Berry Conservation Area. 

And since its inception last fall, Rosemary has been the driving force and organizer behind the Granite City Park Working Group. This mammoth volunteer effort reflects the collaboration of a few dozen dedicated individuals, including representatives of the Conservation Commission, the Tree Board, Vision Hallowell, the Arts and Cultural Committee, and the Last Crane Standing, as well as engaged citizens of all ages, along with Hallowell Public Works.

Under Rosemary’s strategic, proactive and energetic leadership, tremendous improvements are being made to Hallowell’s gem of a waterfront park, while at the same time a comprehensive foundation for future planning has been created. 

The next logical and critically important step will be for the City Council to implement the plan by establishing appropriate oversight and management for all of the city’s parks and recreation areas.  

While she is honored to receive this Old Hallowell Day recognition, Rosemary says, stewardship ofour natural resources is the best gift that anyone and everyone can leave as a legacy to the community.

- Nancy McGinnis

Past Citizens of the Year

  • 2019 Tony and Linda Masciadri
  • 2018 Pam and Eric Perry
  • 2017 Burt Truman
  • 2016 Bob McIntire
  • 2015 Larry Davis
  • 2014 Kay Shepherd
  • 2013 Janis M. Cross
  • 2012 Al Hague
  • 2011 Richard Bachelder
  • 2010 Roger "Bucky" Lord
  • 2009 Gerald Mahoney
  • 2008 Katy Perry
  • 2007 Richard Hayes
  • 2006 Carolyn Manson
  • 2005 Fred Wingate
  • 2004 Jane Harvey
  • 2003 Harmon Harvey
  • 2002 Alice Buck
  • 2001 Robert Shepherd
  • 2000 Deanna Hallett
  • 1999 Arthur Moore
  • 1998 Frances Wingate
  • 1997 Allen Strickland
  • 1996 Sumner "Sam" Webber
  • 1995 Barry Timson
  • 1994 Shirley MacKay
  • 1993 Robert Stubbs
  • 1992 Diana Gibson
  • 1991 Katherine Snell
  • 1990 Marvelle Webber
  • 1989 Roland Marquis
  • 1988 Dom Blodgett
  • 1987 John Babbitt
  • 1986 Virginia Diplock
  • 1985 Leon Tebbetts
  • 1984 Grace Blake Maxwell
  • 1983 M. Arthur Boynton
  • 1982 Donald Huff
  • 1982 Carl Aldrich
  • 1980 Michele Falconi
  • 2017 Burt Truman
  • 2016 Bob McIntire
  • 2015 Larry Davis
  • 2014 Kay Shepherd
  • 2013 Janis M. Cross
  • 2012 Al Hague
  • 2011 Richard Bachelder
  • 2010 Roger "Bucky" Lord
  • 2009 Gerald Mahoney
  • 2008 Katy Perry
  • 2007 Richard Hayes
  • 2006 Carolyn Manson
  • 2005 Fred Wingate
  • 2004 Jane Harvey
  • 2003 Harmon Harvey
  • 2002 Alice Buck
  • 2001 Robert Shepherd
  • 2000 Deanna Hallett
  • 1999 Arthur Moore
  • 1998 Frances Wingate
  • 1997 Allen Strickland
  • 1996 Sumner "Sam" Webber
  • 1995 Barry Timson
  • 1994 Shirley MacKay
  • 1993 Robert Stubbs
  • 1992 Diana Gibson
  • 1991 Katherine Snell
  • 1990 Marvelle Webber
  • 1989 Roland Marquis
  • 1988 Dom Blodgett
  • 1987 John Babbitt
  • 1986 Virginia Diplock
  • 1985 Leon Tebbetts
  • 1984 Grace Blake Maxwell
  • 1983 M. Arthur Boynton
  • 1982 Donald Huff
  • 1982 Carl Aldrich
  • 1980 Michele Falconi
  • 2017 Burt Truman
  • 2016 Bob McIntire
  • 2015 Larry Davis
  • 2014 Kay Shepherd
  • 2013 Janis M. Cross
  • 2012 Al Hague
  • 2011 Richard Bachelder
  • 2010 Roger "Bucky" Lord
  • 2009 Gerald Mahoney
  • 2008 Katy Perry
  • 2007 Richard Hayes
  • 2006 Carolyn Manson
  • 2005 Fred Wingate
  • 2004 Jane Harvey
  • 2003 Harmon Harvey
  • 2002 Alice Buck
  • 2001 Robert Shepherd
  • 2000 Deanna Hallett
  • 1999 Arthur Moore
  • 1998 Frances Wingate
  • 1997 Allen Strickland
  • 1996 Sumner "Sam" Webber
  • 1995 Barry Timson
  • 1994 Shirley MacKay
  • 1993 Robert Stubbs
  • 1992 Diana Gibson
  • 1991 Katherine Snell
  • 1990 Marvelle Webber
  • 1989 Roland Marquis
  • 1988 Dom Blodgett
  • 1987 John Babbitt
  • 1986 Virginia Diplock
  • 1985 Leon Tebbetts
  • 1984 Grace Blake Maxwell
  • 1983 M. Arthur Boynton
  • 1982 Donald Huff
  • 1982 Carl Aldrich
  • 1980 Michele Falconi
  • 2017 Burt Truman
  • 2016 Bob McIntire
  • 2015 Larry Davis
  • 2014 Kay Shepherd
  • 2013 Janis M. Cross
  • 2012 Al Hague
  • 2011 Richard Bachelder
  • 2010 Roger "Bucky" Lord
  • 2009 Gerald Mahoney
  • 2008 Katy Perry
  • 2007 Richard Hayes
  • 2006 Carolyn Manson
  • 2005 Fred Wingate
  • 2004 Jane Harvey
  • 2003 Harmon Harvey
  • 2002 Alice Buck
  • 2001 Robert Shepherd
  • 2000 Deanna Hallett
  • 1999 Arthur Moore
  • 1998 Frances Wingate
  • 1997 Allen Strickland
  • 1996 Sumner "Sam" Webber
  • 1995 Barry Timson
  • 1994 Shirley MacKay
  • 1993 Robert Stubbs
  • 1992 Diana Gibson
  • 1991 Katherine Snell
  • 1990 Marvelle Webber
  • 1989 Roland Marquis
  • 1988 Dom Blodgett
  • 1987 John Babbitt
  • 1986 Virginia Diplock
  • 1985 Leon Tebbetts
  • 1984 Grace Blake Maxwell
  • 1983 M. Arthur Boynton
  • 1982 Donald Huff
  • 1982 Carl Aldrich
  • 1980 Michele Falconi
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