Mars Hill News

Firefighters from six communities were on the scene of a major warehouse fire on Rice Street, a side street off this community's main street, for more than 13 hours this weekend.

Two groups came to the State House on Monday to ask the state to slow down wind power development, which they say is gobbling up environmentally sensitive mountain ridges for questionable results.

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A home on Shorey Road was heavily damaged Thursday afternoon after a fire ripped through the dwelling just before 1 p.m. Stuart Craig, first lieutenant for the Mars Hill Fire Department, said Friday that the two-story dwelling was owned by Dana York.

Mike Breau, left, collects signatures and hands out information on a petition calling for a special town meeting to act on passing a moratorium on the development of wind farms in the corridor of Mountain Valley High School Tuesday night prior to a panel discussion on the energy producer.

Ever wonder where the sun first shines in the state of Maine? We dispatched observors to West Quoddy, Cadilac, Katahdin, and Mars Hill to find out.

A trash truck driver prepares to dump his load of municipal solid waste at Penobscot Energy Recovery Company in Orrington recently.

Among the mountains of Maine and offshore sites in the Gulf of Maine, there are many places where wind energy companies are thinking about erecting turbines to generate electricity for the region.

The town of Oakfield is one step closer to becoming the first Maine community to regulate wind power development.

Two groups of protesters - with very different views on the state's and nation's political picture - held walks on Saturday to voice their opposing viewpoints.

So you want to run a business that generates electricity from wind and then supply that energy to the power grid? You will need an abiding love of the environment, the patience and temerity to slog through months or years of local, state and federal regulations, and money.

Submitted by Mike Tipping on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 6:40am. Maine Politics There's been plenty of talk in Maine's media about where the money is coming from for each side of the equal marriage campaign, but less mention so far of a more important consideration; where their votes are coming from.

A town committee will release recommendations for a proposed $120 million wind-to-energy facility on Oakfield Hills that, if implemented, will make the town a standard-bearer among communities with wind sites, the town manager said Tuesday.

I am sickened and astonished that the beautiful, pristine Western Maine mountains may soon be a thing of the past a ' a victim of the wind rush.

The Maine Medical Association's Public Health Committee voted 9 to 1 Monday night to withdraw a resolution calling for tighter government regulations and more studies on the possible health affects of wind turbines.

The EF-1 tornado that tore through five Oxford County towns last week destroyed 15 greenhouses, prompting numerous calls from the community offering help.

The EF-1 tornado that tore through five Oxford County towns last week destroyed 15 greenhouses, prompting numerous calls from the community offering help.

AUGUSTA, Maine a ' The Maine Department of Education says schools saw improvements nearly across the board in grades from 3 to 8 in reading and mathematics in the Maine Educational Assessment.

While the majority of folks drive their cars to the American Folk Festival, there are plenty of those who choose a different form of transportation.

More than a dozen neighbors of the Mars Hill wind farm in northern Maine are suing the owner, town and companies that built it.