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On A Personal Note
This is quite possibly either the most important, or the most foolish, thing that I have ever posted for the world to see. It is certainly the most personal. I am sure that by posting this I will take some … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Michka, Angus King, Balance, Camp Fire, CanoeTrip, Community, Death, Education, First Wind, Fletcher Mountain, Friends, Friends of The Highland Mountains, Good Woman, Highland, Important, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Karen Pease, Kibby, Life, LURC, Maine, Meetings, Mountains, Networking, Personal, Pleasant Ridge, Public Hearing, Truth, Update, Wanted, Wife, Wildlife, Wind, Wind Meeting
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The Destruction, And The Deception, Continues
Plum Creek is cutting the hell out of their land in Lexington and Concord. They have taken load after load of wood out of the country near Iberdrola’s Lexington Met Tower, and now they are cutting the last of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Angus King, Animal Habitat, Animals, Aquifer, Atlantic Wind, Bayroot, Clear Cut, Commercial Forest, Concord, Cutting, Deception, DEP, Destruction, Education, First Wind, Fletcher Mountain, Friends, Friends of The Highland Mountains, Gate, Gated Roads, Habitat, Haynes, Highland, Highland Wind LLC, Hunting, Iberdrola, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Land Owner, Lexington, Lies, Loss Of Access, LURC, Maine, Met Towers, Mountains, Networking, New England, People Of Maine, Permit Application, Plum Creek, Protest, Public Comment, Rob Gardiner, Somerset County, Tourism, Truth, Update, Wagner, Wind, Working Forest, Yale
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What’s It Worth To You?
The assault continues. First Wind and Emera go ahead with what may well be an illegal merger; Patriot Renewables is trying to buy off the local residents who appealed their Saddleback permit; Friends of the Boundary Mountains are still fighting … Continue reading
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Tagged Angus King, Atlantic Wind, Augusta, Bingham, Cianbro, Clifton, Concord, DEP, Earth, Education, Eolian, First Wind, Friends, Friends of The Highland Mountains, Gem, Goons, Highland, Highland Wind LLC, Iberdrola, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Island Falls, Junk Yard, Laws, Legislation, Legislature, Lexington, LURC, Maine, Mayfield, Meetings, Money, Moscow, Mountains, Networking, Passadumkeag, Patriot Renewables, Permit Application, Poem, Poetry, PPDLW, Protest, Public Comment, Right, Rights, Special Places, Truth, Update, Wind
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The Ides Of March—Revisited
About a year ago I wrote the poem ‘The Ides Of March,’ which is copied below. In the introduction to that poem, I wrote these words: Mark my words, folks: We’ve got them on the run, and we ARE GOING … Continue reading
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Tagged Angus King, Augusta, Bowers, DEP, Education, First Wind, Friends, Friends of Lincoln Lakes, Friends of Maine's Mountains, Friends of Saddleback, Friends of Spruce Mountain, Friends of The Boundary Mountains, Friends of The Highland Mountains, Governor, Governor's Office, Governor's Office Of Energy Independence And Security, Highland, Highland Wind LLC, Ides Of March, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Legislation, Legislature, LURC, Maine, Meetings, Moratorium, Mountains, Networking, OEIS, Ordinance, Pain, Patriot Renewables, Permit Application, Poem, Poetry, PPDLW, Protest, Public Comment, Public Hearing, Report, Rob Gardiner, Saddleback Ridge, Somerset County, Spruce Mountain, Truth, Update, Wind, Woodstock
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Put Up–Or Shut Up
When the folks behind Highland Wind LLC put up their first website, they said that they would not impose themselves on communities where they were not welcome. Funny, but that page is no longer available……. Eolian Energy made a similar … Continue reading
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Tagged Angus King, Atlantic Wind, Augusta, Bayroot, Caratunk, Concord, Cowards, Education, Eolian Energy, Eric Stumpfell, FHM, First Wind, Fletcher Mountain, Frankfort, Friends, Friends of The Highland Mountains, Governor, Highland, Highland Project, Highland Wind LLC, Hold The Line, Iberdrola, Ignacio Galan, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Legislation, Legislature, Lexington, Liars, LURC, Maine, Maine Department Of Inland Fisheries And Wildlife, Maine Media, Maine Wind Limited, MDIF&W, Meetings, Met Towers, Mountains, Networking, Oakfield, Permit Application, Peter Vigue, Plantations, Pleasant Ridge Plantation, Plum Creek, Portland Press Herald, Power Line, Protest, Public Comment, Public Hearing, Residents, Rob Gardiner, Somerset County, Somerset County Commissioners, Tax Payers, The People Of Maine, Thieves, Truth, Unorganized Territories, Unorganized Territory, Update, Wind, Wind Ordinance, Yale University
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Somerset County—The People Speak Out
On Wednesday, November 16, 2011, the small town of Caratunk unanimously passed a very restrictive wind zoning ordinance. Although there was no application before them, this tiny community on the bank of the Kennebec had been targeted by Maine Wind … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Michka, American Revolution, Angus King, Augusta, Caratunk, Cianbro, Community, Concord, County Commissioners, Do The Right Thing, Education, Equal Protection, Fletcher Mountain, Friends, Friends of The Highland Mountains, Governor, Governor Paul LePage, Hall of Flags, Highland, Highland Wind LLC, Iberdrola, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Karen Pease, Kennebec Journal, Kenneth Fletcher, Landowners, Larry Warren, Legislation, Legislature, Lexington, LURC, Maine, Maine Huts And Trails, Maine Wind Limited, Mandate, Meetings, Mountains, Networking, Office Of Energy Independance And Security, Permit Application, Peter Vigue, Plantation, Press Conference, Protest, Public Comment, Public Hearing, Qatar, Residents, Rights, Rob Gardiner, Rural Maine, Somerset County, Somerset County Commissioners, Spain, Speaking Out, State House, Tax Payers, Truth, United Arab Emirates, Unorganized Territories, Unorganized Territory, Update, Voice, Waterville Morning Sentinel, Wind, Wind Ordinance, Yale University
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Highland Says NO!
Photo By Karen Pease The residents of Highland Plantation held a Press Conference today, with the Mountains of Highland in the background as they spoke. Very few members of the Press had bothered to make the drive to this remote … Continue reading
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Tagged Angus King, Appalachian Trail, Bayroot, Bigelow Preserve, Education, Fletcher Mountain Outfitters, Forest Ecology Network, Friends, Friends of Maine's Mountains, Friends of The Highland Mountains, Greg And Jenn Perkins, Highland, Highland Wind LLC, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Karen Pease, Legislature, LURC, Maine, Maine Department Of Inland Fisheries And Wildlife, Meetings, Mountains, Permit Application, Photo, Press Conference, Protest, Public Comment, Rob Gardiner, Rose Staton, Somerset County, Update, Wagner, Wind, Yale
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FMM–Telling It Like It Is
The below letter from the Friends of Maine’s Mountains, to the LURC Staff really says it all! [Just to be clear, the photos were not part of the official FMM correspondence, but I thought they were appropriate….] DC Friends … Continue reading
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Tagged Angus King, Bayroot, Chris O'Neil, DIF&W, Dunkin Donuts, Education, FMM, Friends, Friends of Maine's Mountains, Highland, Highland Wind LLC, HWLLC, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, LURC, Maine, Maine Department Of Inland Fisheries And Wildlife, Meetings, Mountains, Permit Application, Photos, Public Comment, Public Hearing, Rob Gardiner, Somerset County, Surrender, Update, Wagner, Wind, Yale
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In The Highland Mountains
Well Folks, we’ve finally got something to sing about—So let’s sing! DC [To the tune of ‘Big Rock Candy Mountains’] One evening, as the sun went down, and the camp-fires were burning From a lawyer an email came, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Angus King, Bats, Bicknell's Thrush, Big Rock Candy Mountains, Birds, Education, Friends, Friends of The Highland Mountains, Highland, Highland Wind LLC, HWLLC, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Lawyer, Maine, Mountains, Networking, Old Growth, Permit Application, Poem, Poetry, Protest, Public Comment, Rob Gardiner, Somerset County, Song, Update, Wind
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MY PARADISE
My Mother was born in West Virginia, as was her Father before her. At one time, my Grandfather helped the coal miners in their attempts to organize for their own protection and well being against the large coal companies. I … Continue reading →