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Residents and landowners reject commercial wind

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copyright the Chronicle July 20, 2016

by Elizabeth Trail

MORGAN — Only days after officials from the Public Service Board (PSB) toured the hayfield overlooking Lake Seymour where energy entrepreneur David Blittersdorf is planning to put a 500-kilowatt solar project, the Morgan Select Board held a special meeting to talk about the possibility of a wind project on the ridgeline above the town. About 110 people came to the meeting.

Of the 80-plus people in the school gym who identified themselves as residents or landowners when a nonbinding vote was called, only one hand rose in support of wind development.

A handful of people left during the question and answer period before the vote.

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