DIXFIELD — An informational meeting on a proposed wind farm for a ridge that includes Colonel Holman Mountain is planned for 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at Dirigo High School.
Dan McKay, one of the organizers for the event, confirmed that Tom Carroll of Patriot Renewables LLC, local physician Dr. Albert Aniel, Roxbury summer resident Steve Thurston of Vermont and local businessman Tom Powell will sit on the panel.
Townspeople enacted a six-month moratorium on the development of wind farms soon after the Quincy, Mass., company submitted a tentative plan to construct eight to 20 wind turbines on privately owned land in Dixfield.
During the moratorium, which can be extended another six months, an ad hoc committee will devise regulations for wind farm development. Those regulations will be acted on by voters sometime next year.
Patriot Renewables is also in the early stages of planning wind farm projects in Woodstock and Carthage.
The company plans to open a storefront in the former Holmes Market building on Main Street, Dixfield, within the next few days. Carroll will staff the informational space several days a week to answer questions from residents. He will also have exhibits on display of the company's plan.
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