OTISFIELD — Almost two years after the town’s first and only cell tower application erupted in a bitter legal battle between residents and officials, the committee charged with revising the town’s wireless telecommunications ordinance has completed its work. The Ordinance Policy Review Committee formally accepted the final draft of the Wireless Telecommunications Facility Ordinance on […]
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Former cell tower opponent files complaint against Otisfield
OTISFIELD — A former plaintiff in the yearlong Scribner Hill communications tower controversy has filed a complaint, charging the town government’s misrepresentation of her jeopardizes her safety in Otisfield. Kristen Roy, a Scribner Hill resident, filed a formal complaint with selectmen April 17, saying she was mistreated in the Town Office by staff, who alleged […]
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Board agrees to hear proposal for more cell towers
JAY — Selectpersons agreed Monday that it wouldn’t hurt to hear what a cell tower company has to say about putting up more towers on the town’s recreation lot behind the high school. SBA contacted Town Manager Ruth Cushman to see if the town is interested in having more communication towers installed on the lot, […]
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Otisfield board backs cell tower plan
OTISFIELD — Fire Chief Mike Hooker told selectmen the communications tower on Frost Hill in Norway will provide Fire Department radio communication for the north side of town, including Bolsters Mills village and beyond. Hooker met with the board Thursday night to request $9,000 to help pay for the equipment to hook into Norway Fire […]
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West Paris to hear cell tower proposal at meeting
WEST PARIS — Global Tower Partners is proposing a 190-foot-tall communications tower off Stearns Hill Road. Town Manager John White said paperwork has arrived in the code enforcement officer’s office concerning the proposal, and he expects it will be discussed at the next Planning Board meeting on August 13. Unlike some other towns in the […]
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Expanded emergency radio coverage planned for Otisfield and Norway
OTISFIELD — A solution may be at hand to provide Otisfield with improved emergency communication after an attempt to build a cell tower on Scribner Hill that would have provided space for the Fire Department communication equipment failed. “Norway has offered us access to their Frost Hill tower,” said Otisfield fire Chief Michael Hooker. “(Norway […]
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Wilton cell tower approved despite residents’ objections
WILTON — Despite strenuous criticism from residents about locating a cell tower on Hammond Road, the Planning Board approved it Thursday night. The 250-foot U.S. Cellular tower is being installed by Black Diamond Consultants of Gardiner on land owned by Dennis Farrington. The tower will be in a farm and forest zone and will be accessed […]