Vassalboro Planning Board members heard an introduction to another proposed solar development, by entities who have not previously worked in the town, at the Jan. 5 planning board meeting.
New England Solar Garden of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was represented by Michael Redding. Sebago Technics, of South Portland, was represented by Owens McCullough. Sebago Technics is a civil engineering and land development consultant firm that works with developers like Solar Garden; Solar Garden specializes in community solar development.
Redding explained that the project will be on almost 30 acres of leased land. The land is on the west side of Cemetery Street, not far north of the Matthews Avenue intersection. Town tax records list Nicholas R. and Katie D. Jose as the land-owners; access will be by an existing gravel road that crosses Raymond Alley’s property.
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Wood-harvesting equipment, excavators and other machines that will be used to clear the corridor for the New England Clean Energy Connect project are arrayed Friday at the so-called Marshall Yard, off Route 201 near West Forks. At the rear, massive stacks of wooden erosion-control mats await transport into the forest. Photo courtesy of Aaron Turkel
JOHNSON MOUNTAIN TOWNSHIP Obscured by a swirling snow squall, an amphibious off-road transporter with 5-foot-high tires maneuvered Friday along the Maine ITS 89 snowmobile trail at the base of Coburn Mountain. At a junction, two workers from Northern Clearing, a Wisconsin-based right-of-way contractor, stepped into the wind and 11-degree cold and secured a sign and pink flagging tape to a small tree.
DMR seeks comments on proposed Blue Hill Harbor dredge
BLUE HILL A dredge of the town’s scenic inner harbor could mean access for all sizes of boats, no matter the tide, and thus increased economic activity for the town.
Main Street and its shops, restaurants and businesses are just feet from the inner harbor.
The Army Corps of Engineers has been considering a dredge since 1948, according to Blue Hill Harbormaster Denny Robertson. Robertson, who just turned 80, recalled his father working on the project.
“My father got a temporary position with them finding out best how deep they could go,” Robertson said.
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