Town leaders are asking the state to push the company that owns the facility to file a plan to close it after a proposed sale apparently falls through.
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Public hearings set on Roxbury Wind Project
ROXBURY — Roxwind LLC has submitted a permit application to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection for the Roxwind Project on North Twin Mountain. The project would produce 15.2 megawatts of power and include access roads and overhead and underground collection lines. Board of Selectmen Chairman John Sutton confirmed a public hearing on the project will […]
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Connections, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Rumford Falls Times, The Franklin Journal
Wetland grants available from DEP
AUGUSTA — The Department of Environmental Protection is inviting proposals for wetland restoration, enhancement and creation projects to include provisions for water quality benefits and improve wildlife habitat. Grant applications for wetland projects are being accepted. Applicants must describe how the proposed project meets the following criteria: • Provides restoration of impacted wetlands, enhancement of […]
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It is hot: Stay cool, be careful!
AUBURN — A mix of high temperatures and ozone concentration levels has caused the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to issue an air quality alert for Tuesday, and it does not appear conditions will ease up much for Independence Day or into Thursday. “Ground-level ozone concentrations will be climbing in Maine on Tuesday, and are expected […]
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Views clash as DEP readies greenhouse gas reduction forced by citizen initiative
AUGUSTA — Maine environmental regulators heard hours of testimony Tuesday on a citizen-initiated proposal that would require the state to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 8 percent annually while imposing new regulations on the trucking and biomass industries. Tapping a little-used section of state law, a grassroots group of attorneys and activists submitted nearly 700 […]
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Creek washout removes fish barrier causes major problems
BUCKFIELD — “We try to find a silver lining,” says Buckfield Interim Town Manager Brad Plante about the two sides of Shedd Hollow Road that no longer meet over Darnit Brook. “That’s a demolition expense we don’t have to deal with,” he said of the destruction of the culvert bridge that was swept downstream during […]
Posted inConnections, Livermore Falls Advertiser, The Franklin Journal
Constructing, maintaining ponds topic of one-day class
FARMINGTON — A pond construction and maintenance class will be held from 8 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, in the downstairs conference room at the Farmington Town Office, 152 Farmington Falls Road. Each participant will leave with a “Ponds – Planning, Design, Construction” handbook plus new knowledge about ponds. They may purchase a […]
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Buckfield gets $95K for new culvert bridge
BUCKFIELD — The town has been awarded a $95,000 grant from the Department of Environmental Protection to help pay for a new culvert bridge on Shedd Hollow Road to improve passage for fish. The DEP released the third and final round of grants from the Clean Water for Maine bond, which assists with stream crossing […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Wetlands at site of new Lewiston elementary school to be protected
LEWISTON — Several small streams run through the property where the new elementary school will be built near Lewiston High School. That wetland is set to be protected from development forever by a buffer that will prevent development, City Planner David Hediger said. The project needed a full site review from the Maine Department of […]
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Wetlands at site of new Lewiston elementary school to be protected
LEWISTON — Several small streams run through the property where the new elementary school will be built near Lewiston High School. That wetland is set to be protected from development forever by a buffer that will prevent development, City Planner David Hediger said. The project needed a full site review from the Maine Department of […]