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My name is Keith Michaud and this is “Letters From Away,” a blog written by a Mainer living outside the comfortable and sane confines of New England. The blog is intended for Mainers, whether they live in the Pine Tree State or beyond, and for anyone who has loved ’em, been baffled by ’em or both. Ayuh, I am “from away.” Worse still, I live on the Left Coast – in California. Enjoy! Or not. Your choice.
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Tilting at windmills
Windmill farm near Mars Hill, Maine. Photo by Kelly McInnis.
Past readers know that I very much like the use of alternative energy – solar, wind, wave.
Wind energy – from both onshore and offshore wind farms – has received a big push in Maine the past couple of years. There is plenty of wind to go around in Maine, especially along the coast, and harnessing that wind will greatly ease this nation’s addiction to foreign petroleum.
But some communities in Maine are concerned with issues associated with wind farms, namely the noise the huge turbines cause. And I’m sure more than a few Mainers are upset with the interruption in viewscape.
Here in California, wind farms have become part of the landscape mostly because of the clean energy they provide.
It is my hope that power companies and government officials will find a way to mitigate the problems so that wind farms can provide clean, sustainable energy for a very long time to come.
Here are a couple of photos Kelly McInnis shot last week at the wind farm near Mars Hill, Maine. They are published here with her permission.
Windmill farm near Mars Hill, Maine. Photo by Kelly McInnis.
Posted in Economy, Energy, Environment, Maine, Outdoors, Politics and government
Tagged alternative energy, clean energy, foreign oil, foreign petroleum, Kelly McInnis, Mars Hill, solar, turbines, wave, wind, wind energy, wind farm, wind power, windmills
Mainers head south to Gulf as oil continues to flow | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram
‘It’s fun’: Hot rod lawnmowers race at Winterport Dragway – Bangor Daily News
50 things to do in Maine this summer | Bangor Daily News
Posted in Economy, Family and Friends, Food and Drink, Maine, Outdoors
Tagged American Folk Festival, aquarium, art, black flies, bluegrass, crafts, dance, entertainment, farmers markets, festival, film, fireworks, flea market, fun, jazz, Maine, museum, music, rock and roll, sing, sports, tour, vacation, Whoopie Pie Festival
Carthage wind farm proposal stirs debate | Lewiston Sun Journal
Posted in Economy, Energy, Environment, Maine, Outdoors
Tagged Carthage, Dixfield, Energy, Environment, noise complaints, Patriot Renewables LLC, Saddleback Mountain Ridge, turbine, Wilton, wind energy, wind farm, wind power
Baggage claim is located on the grass next to the terminal
"Mars Hill Regional Airport" taken by Kelly McInnis. Reprinted with permission.
Here’s a photo shot by Kelly McInnis taken in Mars Hill, Maine. She slugged it “Mars Hill Regional Airport” because of the windsock and what appeared to be a grassy runway nearby. She says it might have been used for crop dusters and such.
Kelly, with whom I graduated from Ashland Community High School in 1980, gave me permission to publish the photo and I thank her very much. I wanted to share it to show off the incredibly blue sky and lush green grass of northern Maine.
Oh, and Kelly’s Maine wit, too. 🙂
Posted in Environment, Maine, Outdoors, Photos
Tagged crop duster, Kelly McInnis, Maine wit, Mars Hills Regional Airport, photo
Maine’s statewide election results
Posted in Economy, Environment, Law and Order, Maine, Politics and government
Tagged candidate, election results, incumbent, primary election, voter, votes
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