FARMINGTON — A public informational meeting on the proposed 320-acre solar energy facility will be held Wednesday, Oct. 18. Farmington Solar, LLC, an affiliate of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, will hold the meeting at 6:30 p.m. in Conference Room 123 of Olsen Student Center at the University of Maine at Farmington. The purpose is to […]
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Farmington joins state for guardrail work on Webster Bridge
FARMINGTON — Selectmen agreed Tuesday to enter into a municipal-state agreement for guardrail replacement at Webster Bridge. The Maine Department of Transportation plans to repair and add guardrail at the bridge over Wilson Stream. The state will provide 25 feet of approaching guardrail at each corner, Town Manager Richard Davis said. The bridge needs additional guardrail, […]
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Wilton Tannery cleanup celebrated as redevelopment begins
WILTON — Those who gathered Thursday to celebrate completion of the Brownfields cleanup process at the former Wilton Tannery and its redevelopment as Wilson Stream Business Park LLC saw it as a Maine success story. Sometimes nothing is done with a site after it is cleaned, Amy Jean McKeown of the Environmental Protection Agency in […]
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Celebration planned at Wilton tannery site
WILTON — Town officials will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the former Wilton Tannery at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, to celebrate the completion and redevelopment of the site at 833 US Route 2 East. The ceremony marks the end of the cleanup of the tannery through the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Environmental […]
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Wilton receives phase 1 assessment on Forster Mill site
WILTON — An environmental assessment report on the Forster Mill property provides a rough estimate of $500,000 for the abatement and removal of remaining asbestos at the Depot Street site, Town Manager Rhonda Irish told the Board of Selectpersons Tuesday. After the town foreclosed on the property in March, they were approved for a Maine […]
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State to review traffic permit application for proposed New Sharon store
NEW SHARON — The state has received an application for a traffic permit for a proposed 4,800-square-foot convenience store, including six fuel positions and a Dunkin’ Donuts and drive-through window to be built off Route 2. Annie Manley of Sidney, owner of Annie’s Variety in that town, is proposing the project. She would call the […]
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Auburn company disputes contract breach award
AUBURN — A federal lawsuit disputes the amount of money owed to a New Hampshire-based consultant by an Auburn company that serves as an electricity supplier to Maine homes and businesses. At issue is an arbitrator’s decision in which former Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justice Paul Rudman ruled that Electricity Maine LLC had breached a […]
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State investigator finds ground for claim of whistleblower at Norway auto shop
An investigator for a state agency sided with a former manager of a Norway auto repair shop who claims he was fired because he complained that he was underpaid. Michael W. Record filed a complaint with the Maine Human Rights Commission, saying he was fired for blowing the whistle on the owners of the Grease […]