I love Greenwood and have owned a home on Twitchell Pond for 30 years. I enjoy the scenic drive down Greenwood Road, past the picturesque ponds and enjoy hiking Maggie’s Trail with the majestic vistas. I spend hours on my dock looking at the beautiful mountains and spectacular sunsets to the west. That is all […]
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Dangers of wind towers overlooked
Wind turbines represent the greatest potential danger to Maine’s forest/tourist economy, yet almost no one has been paying attention to that danger. The danger is from turbine fires caused by friction build-up in the gear boxes and from lightning strikes. No one knows precisely how many turbine fires there have been because neither the federal […]
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Wind power not needed
The continuing destruction of Maine’s pristine ridges and mountaintops for the benefit of politicians and foreign corporations must end. There is no need for Maine to be a conduit for the delivery of electricity to Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Let them build their wind turbines in the Berkshires and leave Maine alone. The latest […]
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Let the Planning Board do its job
The members of the town of Dixfield Planning Board stand ready to do our job of drafting town ordinances, but our role is now blocked by the Board of Selectmen as they seek to replace the existing wind ordinance with Maine DEP rules. That removes the Planning Board from writing and enforcing rules for wind […]
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DOE breathes new life into UMaine offshore wind project
PORTLAND, Maine — The U.S. Department of Energy has cleared the University of Maine’s offshore wind project and two other over-water wind farms to receive up to $40 million more to build a full-scale demonstration projects. The UMaine project leapfrogged over others that were initially selected as finalists for a grant funding round that, with […]
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Voting against Dixfield wind ordinance
Years ago, Dixfield had several businesses, and mills in surrounding small towns were booming, making towns prosperous. That era is history. Businesses are not thriving in small-town Maine. When a business comes to Dixfield asking to build a project, do residents waste time fighting them or do we work out a beneficial deal for our […]
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Against prohibitive wind ordinance
Dixfield’s current taxable value is $159,860,210. The town needs $3,261,148 in taxes. That requires a 20.40 mil rate. The proposed wind power project, valued at $36 million, would bring in $734,000 in taxes. That would lower the town’s mill rate to 16.65. According to the town office, the average home in Dixfield is valued at […]
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The power that lies offshore
This is in response to the letter from James Tierney, “Clean power is available” (Oct. 18). For years, special interest groups fought Cape Wind here in Massachusetts. For many, the reason was that they saw wind towers as eyesores. Many with a different view would see the turbines as something beautiful — a symbol of […]
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Clean power is available
This is in response to an Associated Press article in the Sun Journal Oct. 9: “Experts: Clean power available, if it can be brought to New England.” The power the article refers to is hydro power from Canada. But clean power already exists, in abundance, just off the Maine coast. Why are we waiting for […]
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A. and G. Child: Research the facts
The result of the recent vote in Dixfield is confusing. Residents supported school withdrawal and, at the same time, blew the opportunity for the financial ability to support the move. Revenue sharing is still taxpayers’ money. The Oxford economic development consultant said that if a business wants to come to Dixfield, don’t say “no,” say […]