For decades, Sears Island in northern Penobscot Bay has been caught between development proposals and the environmentalists who want to conserve it. But the most recent conflict is a bit trickier as it involves a green-energy project.
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SEARSPORT Friends of Sears Island, along with members of Islesboro Islands Trust, Sierra Club Maine, and others, will present a rally for Sears Island on Saturday, Oct. 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the parking lot of Mermaid Plaza, 1 East Main.
James Gillway, who chairs the Offshore Wind Port Advisory Group, says the work is necessary to properly evaluate the island as a potential location for building wind turbines.
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