To our readers, Most boring town meeting in 50 years
By Carolyn Zachary | May 17, 2021
Photo by: Carolyn Zachary Selectman Peter Milinazzo, left, and Ken Seekins load chairs into Seekins pickup outside the Fire Station following Searsmont s town meeting May 15.
Searsmont Birthday boy Lee Woodward sped 60 Searsmont residents through the first 24 articles in the Annual Town Meeting Warrant May 15 in just 40 minutes. Explanations of the last three articles, all related to updates to the town’s Land Use Ordinance, took another 14 minutes, and chairs were stacked, loaded and gone in just 13 minutes more.
No one opposed a single article in the streamlined warrant. And, in the wake of the governor’s recent announcement, not a single person wore a mask – although chairs were placed 6 feet apart inside the Fire Station and just outside its wide-open doors.
Jay board approves shoreland zoning permit for New England Clean Energy Connect project
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JAY Representatives of NECEC Transmission LLC’s New England Clean Energy Connect project answered questions Tuesday night regarding its shoreland zoning permit application for the 7 miles of the proposed transmission line expected to go through the town.
The proposed 145.1 mile high-voltage, direct current electric transmission line would run from the Quebec border to Lewiston to connect with the New England power grid to send “clean, renewable energy to Massachusetts consumers,“ according to developers. The cost is estimated at about $1 billion.
Permitting specialist James Morin presented a short PowerPoint on the project.
Fourteen people, not factoring in six Planning Board members, attended the public hearing. Five or six of those were representatives of transmission corridor and eight were residents, according to town code enforcement officer, Ronda Palmer’s tally.
Mon, 03/15/2021 - 4:15pm
Dear Editor:
I am writing to encourage my fellow Alna residents to vote no on Article 27, an amendment that would seriously weaken Alna s Shoreland Zoning Ordinance.
Our well-crafted 1993 Ordinance is the end product of many stakeholders and countless hours of local debate. It has stood the test of time as our primary safeguard for the ecological health and natural beauty of Alna s most precious resource: our much loved Sheepscot River.
Our town’s long tradition of river stewardship has been bolstered recently by numerous conservation groups investing over two million dollars in river restoration, mostly to remove dams and restore sea run fish populations.The heavily forested river bank portion of our 63-mile river flowing from Head Tide to Sheepscot Cross Road is largely undeveloped, giving it a serene, wild quality that is unique in Midcoast Maine. Here, you can unplug and unwind, watch for eagles, otters, and sturgeon, and particularl
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