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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
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Tagged Angus King, Appalachia, Atlantic Wind, Bingham, Coal, Coal Miners, Coal Mining, Concord, Crane, Education, First Wind, Fletcher Mountain, Friends, Governor, Governor John Baldacci, Highland, Highland Wind LLC, Iberdrola, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, John Prine, Kennebec River, Legislation, Lexington, Mahoney Hill, Maine, Mayfield, Mountains, Networking, Paradise, Poem, Poetry, Protest, Public Comment, Somerset County, Song, Southern Appalachia, Truth, Update, West Virginia, Western Maine, Wind, Wyman Dam
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Greed, Arrogance, And Iberdrola
I’ve spent most of the last twenty years living, working, walking, and sometimes crawling, all over Fletcher Mountain and the surrounding area—in the Sun, the rain, the snow—during daylight and dark. And before I lived here, I still explored the … Continue reading
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Tagged American Tax Payer, Animals, Arrogance, Atlantic Wind, Clear Cut, Concord, DEP, Destruction, Education, Fletcher Mountain, Fletcher Mountain Project, Friends, Greed, Habitat, Hardwood, Hinkley Buck, Iberdrola, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Kelly Rioux, Lexington, Lies, LURC, Maine, Meetings, Met Towers, Mountains, Neil Habig, Networking, Permit Application, Photos, Plum Creek, Political Power, Project Manager, Public Comment, Qatar, S.D. Warren, Somerset County, Spain, Sustainable Forestry, Sustainable Forestry Practices, Tax Payer Money, Timber Harvesting, Truth, United Arab Emirates, Update, Wind, Wolverton Mountain
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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 Beginning Of The End!
Mark your calendars. February 2012 may well be the beginning of the end for Big Wind. There is a lot going on, but I am going to keep this short. On January 31st, just days after Jackson Parker, the President … Continue reading
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Tagged Algonquin, Atlantic Wind, Augusta, Bangor Hydro, Beginning Of The End, Big Wind, Concord, Dismissal, Education, Emera, First Wind, Fletcher Mountain, Fort Kent, Friends, Greed, Iberdrola, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Intervenors, Jackson Parker, Lexington, Lies, LURC, Maine, Meetings, Merger, Mountains, Networking, PDF, Permit Application, Production Tax Credit, Protest, PTC, Public Advocate, Public Comment, Public Utilities Commission, PUC, Reed & Reed, Referendum, Renewable, Representatives, Right, Sanctions, Senators, Somerset County, Trescott, Truth, Update, Wind
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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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Would You Do Business With These Guys?
Today is Patriots Day. It is the day that we remember the men who fought and the men who died—the men who: “….brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty….” It is the day that we remember … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American Tax Payer, Americans, Atlantic Wind, Captain John Parker, Central Maine Power, CMP, Concord, Education, Energy, Fletcher Mountain, Friends, Gamesha, Green Energy, Grid, Iberdrola, Industrial Wind, Interested Persons, Lexington, Liberties, Maine, Middle East, Mountains, OPEC, Patriots Day, Protest, Public Comment, Qatar, Scotish Power, Socialist, Somerset County, Spain, Subsidies, UAE, United Arab Emirates, Update, Way Of Life, Wind
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For Patriots Day
As we approach Patriots Day, I’m reminded of Captain John Parker’s words, spoken to the Citizen Soldiers–his friends and neighbors–on the morning of April 19, 1775, on the Lexington Green: “Stand your ground. Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they … Continue reading
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Tagged A Time for Choosing, Atlantic Wind, Captain John Parker, Concord, Education, Fletcher Mountain, Iberdrola, Industrial Wind, Information, Lexington, Maine, Met Towers, Parker's Revenge, Patriots Day, Protest, Public Comment, Revolutionary War, Ronald Regan, Socialist, Somerset County, Totalitarian Government, Wind
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Iberdrola—“It’s All About Us”
Kelly Rioux and Neil Habig came to my place today. Kelly is the Project Manager for the ‘Fletcher Mountain Project,’ which plans to develop most of the ridge lines in Lexington and Concord, including the one that looms over my … Continue reading →