CANTON — A representative from the developer of the $50 million Canton Mountain Wind power project drew the ire of one selectman Thursday night when she said the Massachusetts company would donate half the amount requested to rebuild the snack shack at the baseball field. The town had requested $15,000, but Rebecca Howard, assistant director […]
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Canton's hopes for tax financing may still happen
CANTON — Selectmen decided Thursday to meet with the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development to learn whether establishing a Tax Increment Financing district for the $50 million Canton Mountain Wind power project would be worthwhile. State Rep. Richard Pickett, R-Dixfield, and Mike Rogers, a property appraiser from Maine State Revenue Services will join […]
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Canton offered $15,000 to build snack shack
CANTON — Selectman Don Hutchins told board members Thursday night that the owner of the Canton Mountain Wind project has agreed to donate $15,000 toward construction of a snack shack at the town baseball field. Patriot Renewables of Quincy, Mass., is asking town officials for a letter stating the town will donate toward the cost, […]
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Dixfield to hold hearing on wind ordinance
DIXFIELD — A public hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday in the Community Room at Dirigo High School on repealing the 2012 wind power ordinance and allowing the state to regulate wind power in town. Voters will decide the issue at the polls Nov. 8. The Wind Energy Facility Ordinance was written after Patriot […]
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Dixfield residents vote against amended wind facility ordinance for third consecutive time
DIXFIELD – For the third consecutive time, residents voted Tuesday against approving an amended wind energy facility ordinance. The vote was 220-178, ballot clerk Bev Glover said. The road to approving an amended wind energy facility ordinance has been a long and arduous one for residents, selectmen and the Planning Board. The ordinance was written […]
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Dixfield board to vote on certification of wind energy ordinance draft
DIXFIELD — Two weeks after voting to place an amended wind energy facility ordinance on the June 14 referendum ballot, the selectmen will vote Monday, April 11, on whether to officially certify the ordinance draft. The ordinance was written after Patriot Renewables of Quincy, Mass., approached town officials in October 2010 about constructing wind turbines […]
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Dixfield board tables finalizing amended wind ordinance
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted Monday evening to table finalizing a wind energy ordinance draft to put before voters in June until its March 28 meeting. Town Manager Carlo Puiia said that the board decided to wait until it saw a complete copy of the wind energy ordinance with attorney Kristen Collins’ suggested […]
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Wind ordinance, department head reports on agenda for Dixfield board
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will continue discussing the proposed wind energy facility ordinance revisions during its meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14. Patriot Renewables LLC of Quincy, Mass., approached town officials in October 2010 about constructing 13 turbines on leased land on Col. Holman Ridge. The town passed a wind energy development […]
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Dixfield Planning Board, Patriot Renewables employee discuss ordinance sound limits
DIXFIELD — The Planning Board held a special workshop Thursday evening with Patriot Renewables project coordinator Tom Carroll to discuss the sound-level limits for the town’s wind energy facility ordinance. Patriot Renewables LLC of Quincy, Mass., approached Dixfield officials five years ago about constructing wind turbines on Col. Holman Mountain ridge. The town’s original ordinance passed […]
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Dixfield board reviewing wind ordinance
DIXFIELD — The Planning Board will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, at the Ludden Memorial Library for a special workshop to review the Wind Energy Facility Ordinance that voters rejected in June. Patriot Renewables LLC of Quincy, Mass., approached Dixfield officials five years ago about constructing wind turbines on the Colonel Holman Mountain […]