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  1. Towns should be careful what

    Friday Nov 27 | Sun Journal

    Residents at Tuesday night's Roxbury Board of Selectmen meeting learned that town officials will soon replace the worn planks on this bridge over the outlet of Roxbury Pond.

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  2. Why in the world wouldRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 25 | Sun Journal

    ROXBURY a ' Selectmen at Tuesday night's meeting received two petitions, one of which they accepted.

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    Related Topix: Rumford, ME, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Energy

  3. Board OKs tax incentive financing consulting pact

    Tuesday Nov 24 | Sun Journal

    ... but someone from the state to explain, at no cost, tax incentive financing. "It's a nightmare what's happening in Roxbury. You're going down the same road. Why not take their (Patriot Renewables) money and hire whoever you like," she said. Another ...

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    Related Topix: Dixfield, ME

  4. Low energy prices force year delay in Roxbury wind farm

    Friday Nov 20 | Sun Journal

    ROXBURY a ' Owners of a wind-power company set to erect 22 turbines on local hills have decided to delay the project by a year because the energy market has fallen in the recession.A A Record Hill Wind LLC is building a $120 million wind farm along the 4-mile ridgeline that connects Partridge Peak, Record Hill and Flathead Mountain.

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    Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Energy, Brunswick, ME, Gardiner, ME, Cumberland Foreside, ME

  5. John Kerry's

    Monday Nov 9 | Sun Journal

    ... atop 360 miles of the state's mountaintops. The group formed recently in opposition to a project underway in Roxbury near Rumford. The citizens' group co-chair Monique Aniel said a 2008 law that guides wind power development allows for "the ...

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    Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Rumford, ME, Mars Hill, ME

  6. Len Greany did so well for

    Wednesday Nov 11 | Sun Journal

    ... The committee, Greaney said, comprises eight or nine people who meet on Monday nights. "We have one person from Roxbury, and now and then, one from Dixfield and one from Mexico, so this is a regional type of approach," Greaney said. "We're focusing ...

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    Related Topix: Rumford, ME, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Energy, Dixfield, ME, Mexico, ME

  7. Developer: Proposed wind farm site is too windy:

    Saturday Nov 7 | Bangor Daily News

    ... handle the strong winds on Black Mountain. A separate wind power project is under construction on Record Hill in Roxbury, also near Rumford. "I remember when Mathew Kearns was Matt Kearn , project manager for Mars Hill wind farm. But oddly " ...

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    Related Topix: Rumford, ME, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Energy, Lewiston, ME

  8. Many years ago the Doctors

    Saturday Nov 7 | Sun Journal

    Steve Thurston, a summer resident of Roxbury, decribes what he believes would be the noise impact of a wind farm on a ridge in Dixfield and Canton at a forum in Dixfield on Friday night.

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    Related Topix: Dixfield, ME, Canton, ME

  9. Yea I totally agree withRead the original story

    Oct 27, 2009 | Sun Journal

    ... t of Bangor, pleaded guilty last year to a charge of underage drinking after police raided a pre-graduation party in Roxbury. He was one of 19 Mountain Valley seniors charged in that raid, and was fined $200. tkarkos@sunjournal.com

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    Related Topix: Rumford, ME, Mexico, ME, Bangor, ME

  10. .What's the alternative ?

    Oct 10, 2009 | Sun Journal

    ... along the high land. The area is east of the Bigelow Range and Carrabassett Valley in Franklin County. In Roxbury, Independence Wind and business partner Wagner Forest Management Ltd. of Lyme, N.H., formed Record Hill Wind LLC to build 22 ...

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    Related Topix: Somerset County, ME, Gardiner, ME, Cumberland Foreside, ME, Newry, ME

  11. What a sad day for Roxbury.Read the original story w/Photo

    Oct 7, 2009 | Sun Journal

    ... Blaisdell said. Blasting work for turbine foundations only goes down five feet. To further alleviate concerns about Roxbury Pond (also called Ellis Pond and Silver Lake), Gardiner said, "There isn't going to be any effect on the lake or pond at all, ...

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    Related Topix: Maine, Gardiner, ME, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Energy, Woolwich, ME

  12. Bring on the wind millsRead the original story

    Oct 7, 2009 | Sun Journal

    ... that connects Black, South Twin and North Twin mountains. Most of the site is in Rumford, with a small portion in Roxbury. "We want to get more information about it," said Karl Aromaa, one of the committee's members. "We want to get both sides." ...

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    Related Topix: Rumford, ME, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Energy, Wilton, ME, Dixfield, ME

  13. Wind farm proposals multiply

    Oct 6, 2009 | Sun Journal

    ... that connects Black, South Twin and North Twin mountains. Most of the site is in Rumford, with a small portion in Roxbury. "We want to get more information about it," said Karl Aromaa, one of the committee's members. "We want to get both sides." ...

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    Related Topix: Rumford, ME, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Energy, Wilton, ME, Dixfield, ME

  14. Baldacci should introduceRead the original story

    Sep 27, 2009 | Sun Journal

    ... involved in this from the beginning. His company, Independence Wind, has received a permit to install 22 turbines in Roxbury. King has said he wants to leave a "legacy to the people of Maine" in the form of dozens of wind turbines and farms. ...

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    Related Topix: Maine, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Energy

  15. The wind blowsRead the original story

    Sep 26, 2009 | Sun Journal

    ... development. Others in various stages of proposal are in Rumford, Carthage, Buckfield and Woodstock. A wind farm in Roxbury has been approved and is currently under construction. The selectmen's regular meeting follows the public hearing. ...

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    Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Energy, Quincy, MA

  16. Bangor, Maine Wvii Abc 7 and WFVX Fox 22Read the original story w/Photo

    Sep 24, 2009 | WVII

    ... wind farm, by Record Hill Wind, will consist of 22 turbines and will be built on three mountains in Rumford and Roxbury. The Concerned Citizens to Save Roxbury, The Silver Lake Camp Owners Association, and three-dozen camp and property owners joined ...

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    Related Topix: Bangor, ME, Rumford, ME

  17. Citizens group appeals state's approval of western Maine wind energy project

    Sep 24, 2009 | MaineToday

    ... among other things, the potential health effects of noise from the turbines. This week, Concerned Citizens to Save Roxbury appealed the Maine Department of Environmental Protection's approval of the Record Hill Wind Project. The group wants the ...

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    Related Topix: Maine, Maine Government, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Energy, Rumford, ME

  18. Opponents of Roxbury wind farm appeal DEP licensing permit

    Sep 24, 2009 | Sun Journal

    ROXBURY a ' Opponents of a wind farm project approved last month by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection are appealing that final order.

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    Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Energy, Gardiner, ME

  19. More than a trade mission

    Sep 20, 2009 | Sun Journal

    ... all critical issues facing Maine. The trials and travails of wind projects of recent, such as Record Hill in Roxbury, illustrate the real challenges this industry has in Maine. And, right now, it's not economic a ' the right government incentives ...

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    Related Topix: Maine, Maine Government, John Baldacci, US Governors, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Energy, Norway, ME

  20. Lithuanian picnic attracts large ethnic crowd

    Sep 12, 2009 | Sun Journal

    ... Eliza Cormier of Rumford donned an authentic Lithuanian folk costume and greeted people, including Ed Kowalzyk of Roxbury Pond village. Terry Karkos/Sun Journal A couple examine old photographs on Saturday at the first annual Old-Fashioned ...

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    Related Topix: Europe, World News, Lithuania, Rumford, ME, Dixfield, ME, Mexico, ME, Peru, ME

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