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The vote on June 8 in Rockport, Camden, and Thomaston can move Midcoast Internet forward as a nonprofit regional municipal utility and create its legal entity, the Midcoast Internet Development Corporation. Support remains far-reaching, with many...
Camden and Rockport Voters Can Bring Cheaper, Faster, and Better Internet to All Residents Bob Falciani and Debra Hall Fri, 05/21/2021 - 10:30am The voters in Camden and Rockport can take the first step in creating a community-owned municipal utility for affordable, high-speed internet connectivity. Midcoast Internet will bring to our communities cheaper, faster, and better broadband services. The fiber optic network will be community owned. And the project will not raise taxes. Article 6 in Camden and Article 26 in Rockport authorize the Select Board in each town to enter into an...
Camden and Rockport voters can bring cheaper, faster and better internet to all residents By Debra Hall and Robert Falciani | May 20, 2021 The voters in Camden and Rockport can take the first step in creating a community-owned municipal utility for affordable, high-speed internet connectivity. Midcoast Internet will bring to our communities cheaper, faster, and better broadband services. The fiber optic network will be community owned. And the project will not raise taxes. Article 6 in Camden and Article 26 in Rockport authorize the Select Board in each town to enter into an interlocal agree...
Holt will remain an employee of Jay and will report to the town manager of Livermore Falls. He will spend 10% of his time on the Jay collection system, 10% on the Livermore Falls collection system and 80% overseeing the wastewater treatment plant. Each town would be responsible to pay its 10% share. The 80% would be paid based on the sewage flow formula. This year’s flow rate is Jay, 58.2% and Livermore Falls, 41.8%. The percentage of the flow formula is expected to rise on Jay’s side because all of that town’s sewage is now going to Livermore Falls to be treated. Jay would pay his sala...
A stretch of the Housatonic River winds through Lenox. Legal filings are stacking up at the Environmental Appeals Board in Washington, D.C., as fights continue over the nature of the long-awaited Rest of River cleanup project. Photos by STEPHANIE ZOLLSHAN â THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE LEE â âIpse dixit.â Thatâs the Latin phrase lawyers for a group of elected officials use to rebut claims that Berkshires residents âoverwhelminglyâ oppose a proposed PCB landfill in Lee. It means âdogmatic and unproven.â Quote As briefs beg...