Solar Project Paused for Appeal
Read Article On June 1, 2020 Maine based Dirigo Solar submitted a building permit application to the Town of Rangeley for a $5.2 million dollar 12 acre solar facility. Dirigo Solar proposed leasing a 12 acre portion of Mark and Marie Beauregard’s 230 acre farm. This farm land had previously been permitted by the Town of Rangeley for a sporting clay range and by the State of Maine as a Commercial Shooting Area. The farm also produced hogs, hay, forest products, strawberries and Christmas trees. The Rangeley Code Enforcement Officer asked the Town’s attorney for guidance in this matt...