SABATTUS — It’s not $1 a year, but it’s better than $21,600. Town Manager Tony Ward told selectmen Tuesday night that he has tentatively reached a new deal with American Tower Corp. for the right to use its tower for the town’s police and fire antennas. American Tower approached the town this winter to say […]
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Portland planners approve first phase of 165-foot-tall Bayside tower project
PORTLAND — In a nearly seven-hour meeting at Portland City Hall, members of the planning board gave developers the green light — in some cases begrudgingly — for the first phase of a four-tower, $150 million project in the city’s Bayside neighborhood. The long-awaited vote on the project’s fate came more than a month later […]
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Helicopter spills large batteries on Ragged Mountain
ROCKPORT — A helicopter carrying six large lead acid batteries to a Verizon cellphone tower atop Ragged Mountain spilled its payload sometime Tuesday, causing most to explode and some to catch on fire on the slopes. A responder from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection went to the scene Tuesday and Wednesday, finally locating the […]
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‘Tower’ at Pawsibilities from former Stephens’ mansion to be removed
NORWAY — A tower set to be removed from the Responsible Pet Care thrift store on the Waterford Road during renovations once graced the C.A. Stephens laboratory by Lake Pennesseewassee. Charles A. Stephens, a noted author of young adult and children’s books and a medical doctor and scientist, built his large, rambling “laboratory” at Pennesseewassee Lake […]
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Wilton cell tower approved despite residents’ objections
WILTON — Despite strenuous criticism from residents about locating a cell tower on Hammond Road, the Planning Board approved it Thursday night. The 250-foot U.S. Cellular tower is being installed by Black Diamond Consultants of Gardiner on land owned by Dennis Farrington. The tower will be in a farm and forest zone and will be accessed […]