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Eastport residents seek formal role in federal data center review
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (880+ words) EASTPORT — A public hearing on two citizen‑initiated ordinances aimed at halting a proposed underwater computing project in the Western Passage is scheduled for Sept. 9. The group that petitioned for the ban has also asked the city to file for…...
Wilton considers regulating all-terrain vehicles on public ways
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (1195+ words) WILTON — The draft of an ordinance to regulate the use of all-terrain vehicles on public ways was introduced Tuesday night to the Board of Selectpersons. Board Chair David Leavitt told the board and audience that he hoped the ordinance can…...
Washington County hires legal counsel to settle dissension
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (1141+ words) MACHIAS — The Washington County Commission hired Bangor attorney Jonathan Pottle on Wednesday to help reorganize county government and sort out growing disagreements. Burns also said there would be no discussion on the lawsuit filed by County Manager Renée Gray against…...
Mobile home group threatens lawsuit over rent control ordinance
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (683+ words) The trade group representing Maine’s mobile home industry told officials in one southern Maine town it is preparing to sue them and other municipalities if they pass ordinances restricting how much mobile home park owners can raise lot rents. The…...
Rangeley approves full funding for planning, code enforcement
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (483+ words) RANGELEY — Voters approved a $244,134 budget Monday to fund the town’s Planning Department and Code Enforcement Office, ending a dispute that sent the proposal back to residents after they rejected an earlier version in August. The town held a special town…...
Board approves redevelopment of Advertiser Democrat building
6+ day, 24+ min ago (851+ words) NORWAY — The Planning Board unanimously approved a proposal Thursday to rehabilitate the former Advertiser Democrat building into 14 apartments, a project aimed at preserving the historic downtown property while adding workforce housing. Dooryard, the developer behind the proposal, would rehabilitate the…...
Jay Select Board declines to send solar moratorium to voters
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1450+ words) JAY — The Select Board turned down a request Monday to ask voters to weigh in on a 180‑day moratorium on solar power developments. The board took no vote on the request, and no member offered a motion, leaving opponents of…...
Rangeley calls meeting to restore code enforcement funding
1+ week, 4+ day ago (889+ words) RANGELEY — The Board of Selectmen held an emergency meeting last week to address the code enforcement officer vacancy and restore funding for the planning and code enforcement department after voters rejected its budget at the Aug. 18 special town meeting. The…...
Regulators accept preliminary permit for data center off Eastport
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1169+ words) EASTPORT — A controversial underwater artificial intelligence data center proposed in the Bay of Fundy, near Kendall Head off the northern coast of Eastport, took a major step forward in the permitting process this week. The application drew an almost immediate…...
Officials prepare to revise Kingfield’s land use ordinance
2+ week, 2+ day ago (816+ words) KINGFIELD — A subcommittee of the Planning Board made up of Chairman Richard Hawkes, board member Rob Woodhouse, Town Manager Leanna Targett, Code Enforcement Officer Ben Hitchcock, and Kristine LeBlanc met for the first time Wednesday to discuss ordinance changes prompted…...