DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will vote Monday on whether to approve the final drafts of two ordinances that will go before voters June 10. The meeting will take place at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 23 in the Ludden Memorial Library. Town Manager Carlo Puiia said selectmen will vote on the Wind Energy Recall Ordinance […]
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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 […]
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Recall ordinance review, water and sewer project update on agenda for Dixfield board
DIXFIELD — A review of the recall ordinance process and an update on a water and sewer project are among the items to be discussed at the 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22, Board of Selectmen meeting at Ludden Memorial Library. During the Aug. 25 board meeting, the selectmen reviewed drafts of recall ordinances from several […]
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‘Mission accomplished’: UMaine wind project leader says model turbine off Castine has done its job
CASTINE — On a Maine Maritime Academy vessel floating just off Dyce Head in Castine, Habib Dagher stood in front of his 65-foot-tall, yellow-and-white brainchild, VolturnUS — the first grid-connected offshore wind turbine in the Americas. “Today, we can declare VolturnUS mission accomplished,” he shouted to a group of about 40 legislators, federal and university […]
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Ione Harlow fund request on agenda for Dixfield selectmen
DIXFIELD — A request to use up to $10,000 from the Ione Harlow Dixfield Community Fund to build an enclosure for the new electronic scoreboard at Dirigo High School is on Monday’s agenda for selectmen. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 11 at the Ludden Memorial Library. At the July 28 board meeting, […]
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Dixfield selectmen postpone hearing, meeting on wind power moratorium
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday evening to postpone a hearing and special town meeting on a wind power project moratorium to Thursday, Aug. 21. Three years ago, Patriot Renewables, LLC, of Quincy, Mass., approached Dixfield about constructing 13 wind turbines on the Colonel Holman Mountain ridge. The corporation has been conducting […]
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R. McInnis: Towns benefit from wind projects
Gov. Paul LePage has proposed to end the wind energy goals signed into law in 2008 by then-Gov. John Baldacci. Those goals are essential in attracting investment for all projects. The towns that have wind projects have reduced town taxes and receive funds for town projects. The town of Oakland is a good example of […]