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Proposed 250-acre solar project splits residents of town


PUBLISHED 9:15 PM ET Apr. 16, 2021
PUBLISHED 9:15 PM EDT Apr. 16, 2021
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Bill Newcomb lives on an acre of land in Columbia County that’s been in his family since his childhood in the 1940s.
“I always say, when I was a kid, I used to run around here, but now I limp,” Newcomb joked. “I lived in other areas. I was in the service, but it’s nice to come back. This is home, this is where I grew up.”
The property in the Town of Copake is across the street from a plot of farmland that’s sat mostly unused in recent years. ....

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