DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will hold a public hearing on whether to extend the town’s moratorium on wind development for another 180 days prior to its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, Aug. 10. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the basement of the Ludden Memorial Library. The moratorium is due to […]
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Dixfield selectmen schedule public hearing to extend moratorium another 180 days
DIXFIELD — Town Manager Carlo Puiia said that the Board of Selectmen voted 3-2 Monday evening to extend the wind energy facility moratorium for another 180 days to give them more time to amend the latest draft of the ordinance. Puiia said that Selectmen Mac Gill and Eugene Skibitsky voted against extending the moratorium. “They […]
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Wind project for Dixfield years off; Carthage project under construction
CARTHAGE — Tuesday’s recount in Dixfield that reversed the wind ordinance vote — allowing wind projects to be built in town — spawned rumors that Patriot Renewables was fast-tracking one in. People who started the rumors said all of those oversized turbine tower sections and gigantic blades that drivers see being hauled west along Routes […]
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N. Johnson: Protecting Dixfield residents
On June 9, Dixfield voters have the opportunity to vote “yes” for a well-crafted wind energy facility ordinance. I would like to address some of the adjustments to that ordinance. One important change requires decommissioning costs to be placed in escrow before the project begins. That is a common practice for oil, gas, nuclear, hydroelectric […]
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Dixfield gets legal opinion on wind law sound limits
DIXFIELD — An attorney has advised selectmen that sound limits in the town’s revised Wind Energy Facility Ordinance are “pretty low” compared to others she has reviewed. The Board of Selectmen read a letter Tuesday evening from attorney Kristen Collins, who was asked to review the document and answer questions from selectmen and residents. Collins, […]
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Dixfield Wind Energy Facility Ordinance vote to be recounted
DIXFIELD — Two weeks after residents narrowly rejected an amended Wind Energy Facility Ordinance at the polls Nov. 4, a petition has been filed requesting a recount, Town Manager Carlo Puiia said Friday. The vote recount will take place at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, and the Town Office will be closed for all other […]
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Dixfield voters narrowly reject amended Wind Energy Facility Ordinance
DIXFIELD — Residents voted 562 to 557 Tuesday to reject an amended Wind Energy Facility Ordinance. The ordinance was originally approved in 2012, but the Board of Selectmen voted to place it before the Planning Board at the beginning of 2013 for revisions in order to make it stronger. After a year and a half […]
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Dixfield residents question wind developer
DIXFIELD — A representative from a Massachusetts wind energy company fielded questions Monday evening from selectmen and residents about what effects an upcoming Wind Energy Facility Ordinance vote would have on a potential project. Patriot Renewables LLC of Quincy, Mass., approached Dixfield officials three years ago about constructing a 20-megawatt wind turbine project on Colonel […]
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Wind developer rep to attend Dixfield board meeting
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will meet with a representative from a wind energy company on Monday, Oct. 27, to talk about the effect the amended Wind Energy Facility Ordinance would have on wind development in the area. The selectmen meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at the Ludden Memorial Library. Patriot Renewables LLC […]