By NANCY MADSEN
TIMES STAFF WRITER
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2008
CAPE VINCENT — The boundary for the wind turbine overlay district is set tentatively as Route 6 to the west and the riverfront district to the north.
The town's wind zoning amendment committee agreed to those boundaries at its meeting Thursday afternoon.
The riverfront district extends 1,000 feet south of the centerline of Route 12E from the Cape Vincent village boundary to the border with the town of Clayton. The lakefront district is excluded under the Route 6 boundary, as is a section of agricultural district land west of Route 6.
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Session offers wind pros, cons
T.I. CENTRAL MEETING: Speakers focus on issues of electric grid, setbacks, noise
Session offers wind pros, cons
By NANCY MADSEN
TIMES STAFF WRITER
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2008
CLAYTON — The electric grid, noise and setbacks were the main topics covered at an information session Thursday night at the Thousand Islands High School auditorium.
The speakers were Steven C. Sullivan, managing director of GEOS Global and consultant to BP Alternative Energy; John Droz, scientist and environmental activist from Brantingham Lake, and Paul E. Carr, engineering professor at Cornell University, Ithaca, and a founder of Bernier, Carr & Associates.
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T.I. CENTRAL MEETING: Speakers focus on issues of electric grid, setbacks, noise
Session offers wind pros, cons
By NANCY MADSEN
TIMES STAFF WRITER
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2008
CLAYTON — The electric grid, noise and setbacks were the main topics covered at an information session Thursday night at the Thousand Islands High School auditorium.
The speakers were Steven C. Sullivan, managing director of GEOS Global and consultant to BP Alternative Energy; John Droz, scientist and environmental activist from Brantingham Lake, and Paul E. Carr, engineering professor at Cornell University, Ithaca, and a founder of Bernier, Carr & Associates.
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T.I. CENTRAL MEETING: Speakers focus on issues of electric grid, setbacks, noise
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Renzi, Aubertine clash in debate
Renzi, senator clash in debate
By COREY FRAM
TIMES STAFF WRITER
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2008
OGDENSBURG — Messages of experience and reform clashed at Tuesday's debate between the candidates for the 48th state Senate District seat.
Sen. Darrel J. Aubertine frequently reminded the approximately 100 gathered in City Hall of his more than five years' experience in state government and said the knowledge gained will help him better serve the district that includes Jefferson, St. Lawrence and Oswego counties. Republican David A. Renzi, Watertown, cast himself as the Albany outsider, repeating phrases such as reform and political courage, saying he is not beholden to special interests and attacking the senator's voting record.
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By COREY FRAM
TIMES STAFF WRITER
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2008
OGDENSBURG — Messages of experience and reform clashed at Tuesday's debate between the candidates for the 48th state Senate District seat.
Sen. Darrel J. Aubertine frequently reminded the approximately 100 gathered in City Hall of his more than five years' experience in state government and said the knowledge gained will help him better serve the district that includes Jefferson, St. Lawrence and Oswego counties. Republican David A. Renzi, Watertown, cast himself as the Albany outsider, repeating phrases such as reform and political courage, saying he is not beholden to special interests and attacking the senator's voting record.
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Sunday, September 14, 2008
Wind projects WDT Editorial
Watertown Daily Times | Wind projects
State needs to assume more oversight
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008
State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo is investigating allegations that wind power companies improperly influenced local officials in Franklin County to secure permission to build wind turbines. He is also examining whether certain companies colluded to divvy up land and thus avoid bidding against each other.
Conflict-of-interest questions have been raised in Cape Vincent, where some officials have contracts with wind power companies to build turbines on their land.
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State needs to assume more oversight
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008
State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo is investigating allegations that wind power companies improperly influenced local officials in Franklin County to secure permission to build wind turbines. He is also examining whether certain companies colluded to divvy up land and thus avoid bidding against each other.
Conflict-of-interest questions have been raised in Cape Vincent, where some officials have contracts with wind power companies to build turbines on their land.
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Lyme Council to appeal ruling against wind law: Supreme Court judge ruled town improperly voided citizens petitions
By Nancy Madsen
Times Staff Writer
Watertown Daily Times
11 September 2008
LYME — At its meeting Wednesday night, the Town Council decided to appeal a judge’s ruling that knocked down its wind energy facility law.
After an executive session that lasted nearly an hour, the council voted 5-0 to appeal state Supreme Court Judge Hugh A. Gilbert’s Aug. 21 decision to side with 10 property owners who said that the council acted “arbitrarily and capriciously” when it rejected a petition protesting the adoption of a local law regulating the siting of wind turbines.
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Sunday, September 7, 2008
We will pay for these windmills in many ways ~ Letter to the Editor
Watertown Daily Times | We will pay for these windmills in many ways
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008
I read with interest the article about the Development Authority of the North Country (DANC) and the production of electricity from the production of methane gas. One thing is certain, the garbage is never going to go away and neither will the methane gas. One well-known fact: the wind does not blow 24 hours a day, but the methane gas is produced 100 percent of the time. I'm sure the landfills will receive tax incentives to utilize this gas and that tax money will stay right here.
We all complain about our jobs being outsourced to other countries. Well guess what, your tax dollar is being outsourced to these foreign countries for the windmills. National Grid is an English company and how many other countries own us?
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Watertown Daily Times | We will pay for these windmills in many ways
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008
I read with interest the article about the Development Authority of the North Country (DANC) and the production of electricity from the production of methane gas. One thing is certain, the garbage is never going to go away and neither will the methane gas. One well-known fact: the wind does not blow 24 hours a day, but the methane gas is produced 100 percent of the time. I'm sure the landfills will receive tax incentives to utilize this gas and that tax money will stay right here.
We all complain about our jobs being outsourced to other countries. Well guess what, your tax dollar is being outsourced to these foreign countries for the windmills. National Grid is an English company and how many other countries own us?
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Watertown Daily Times | We will pay for these windmills in many ways
Friday, September 5, 2008
Wind panel corrects errors
Wind panel corrects errors
No turbines will be allowed in lakefront, riverfront districts
By NANCY MADSEN
WaterTown daily times
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2008
CAPE VINCENT — There will be no wind turbines in the riverfront and lakefront districts.
Town Supervisor Thomas K. Rienbeck began the wind law committee's meeting on Thursday afternoon by clearing up some mistakes and misconceptions about the draft amendment to the zoning law.
"No one was ever interested in it being in anywhere but the agricultural-residential district," he said.
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No turbines will be allowed in lakefront, riverfront districts
By NANCY MADSEN
WaterTown daily times
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2008
CAPE VINCENT — There will be no wind turbines in the riverfront and lakefront districts.
Town Supervisor Thomas K. Rienbeck began the wind law committee's meeting on Thursday afternoon by clearing up some mistakes and misconceptions about the draft amendment to the zoning law.
"No one was ever interested in it being in anywhere but the agricultural-residential district," he said.
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