Gilpatrick Road News Today

Ellsworth Police Log Week of May 20 Driver loses control after punch thrown ELLSWORTH — Police were called to a three-person fight outside a truck that was driven off Bangor Road near Gilpatrick Road on May 15. When police arrived, two of the men walked away from the truck and, at least at first, no one would admit to being the driver. Then, Darion Turner, 27, of Dudley, N.C., said he was at the wheel. He said he drove off the road after one of the occupants punched him in the face, but Turne...

Gilpatrick Solar Project receives final approval ELLSWORTH — A fourth solar farm has been given the green light in Ellsworth after the Planning Board gave final and unanimous approval to the Gilpatrick Solar Project on Feb. 2. The 3.5-megawatt, 19.81-acre ground-mounted solar array will be sited on a 127-acre parcel and connect to three-phase power utility lines on Gilpatrick Road, which is off Bangor Road and located in the rural and urban zones. Access roads will be built to the array site,...

Gilpatrick Solar, Union Street projects on agenda ELLSWORTH — Plans to subdivide a former medical clinic located at 8 Union St. and a separate project to construct a 19.81-acre, ground-mounted solar array on Gilpatrick Road will be seeking final application approval from the Planning Board on Feb. 3. Both applications were deemed complete by the board in January. At that meeting, the board raised no major issues with the Gilpatrick Solar Project, as presented by Chris Byers and Dale Knapp of ...

Planning Board green-lights Gilpatrick Road solar project  ELLSWORTH — A proposed solar farm off Gilpatrick Road received preliminary plan approval on Jan. 7 from a Planning Board that is becoming well-versed in such applications, having ushered three separate solar projects through the planning board process. The Gilpatrick Solar Project was first discussed at a Dec. 2 meeting. Proposed is a 3.5-megawatt, ground-mounted array on 19.81 acres of a 127-acre parcel that would connect to th...