DIXFIELD – The Board of Selectmen will meet Monday, March 14, to discuss feedback from a recent public hearing on the revised Wind Energy Facility Ordinance. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Ludden Memorial Library. Town Manager Carlo Puiia said that at the March 14 board meeting that selectmen will review feedback […]
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Dixfield selectmen table wind ordinance vote until Jan. 11
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday evening to table a vote on whether to place the amended Wind Energy Facility Ordinance on the annual town meeting warrant next June. Selectman Eugene Skibitsky made the motion to table the vote to Jan. 11, 2016, saying he wanted to give the board and residents […]
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Dixfield board postpones ordinance vote until Dec. 28
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted Monday to wait until its Dec. 28 meeting to vote on whether to follow the town attorney’s recommendation to place the amended Wind Energy Facility Ordinance on the annual town meeting warrant. Patriot Renewables LLC of Quincy, Mass., approached town officials in October 2010 about constructing 13 turbines […]
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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 board to send conflicting opinions on citizens petition to town attorney
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted 4-1 Monday evening to task town attorney Jennifer Kreckel with interpreting the opinions of a Belfast lawyer and the Maine Municipal Association on a citizen’s petition for the town’s Wind Energy Facility Ordinance. Patriot Renewables LLC of Quincy, Mass., approached town officials five years ago about constructing wind […]
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Dixfield selectmen vote to send ordinance draft to Belfast lawyer
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted 5-0 Monday to have Belfast lawyer Kristen Collins draft language on sound limits for the Wind Energy Facility Ordinance. At its Aug. 25 meeting, the board voted to accept a citizens’ petition requesting the ordinance include the complete Maine Department of Environmental Protection sound level limits, which are […]
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Ethics policy, wind ordinance on Dixfield board meeting on Sept. 28
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen on Monday will continue discussion of the ethics policy it approved previously. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. at the Ludden Memorial Library The policy was approved Aug. 11, but Selectman Eugene Skibitsky suggested considering adding a violation addendum to it. He said the policy would “explain to […]
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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 […]
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Dixfield board accepts petition to amend sound standards of wind ordinance
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted Monday evening to accept a citizens’ petition submitted to amend the sound limits in the Wind Energy Facility Ordinance to match Maine Department of Environmental Protection standards. The board also agreed to have Puiia contact the Maine Municipal Association to clarify whether the petition must be presented to […]
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Dixfield voters adopt original wind ordinance
DIXFIELD — After three years of meetings and votes, residents narrowly voted to repeal the Wind Energy Facility Ordinance and replace it with the Planning Board’s original draft. Ballot Warden Theresa Hemingway said Wednesday evening the vote was 377-372. It was the third vote in three years on the ordinance. In November 2012, voters approved […]