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Cell Tower Archive

In our mission as your community information service to help readers stay abreast of the issues regarding cell towers, we have created this special archive of stories, letters to the editor and guest columns. It will be updated regularly as we publish more on this topic.

Articles

Brooklin

1. Hearing set for Brooklin cell tower and wind turbine ordinances
   The Weekly Packet, 3/17/11
2. Tower moratorium ordinances presented at Brooklin hearing
   The Weekly Packet, 10/14/10
3. Brooklin to hold Saturday hearing on cell tower and wind turbine moratorium ordinances
   The Weekly Packet, 10/7/10

Brooksville

1. Startup delayed on new Brooksville cell towers
   The Weekly Packet, 5/19/11
2. Brooksville voters discuss ordinances heading for referendum vote
   The Weekly Packet, 2/24/11
3. “No” says Brooksville committee to ordinances heading for March vote
   The Weekly Packet, 2/10/11
4. With heavy turnout, Brooksville enacts cell tower moratorium at special town meeting
   The Weekly Packet, 10/7/10
5. Brooksville residents discuss cell tower moratorium options
   The Weekly Packet, 9/30/10
6. Brooksville schedules special town meeting on towers
   The Weekly Packet, 9/23/10
7. Perspective on Brooksville cell towers
   The Weekly Packet, 9/16/10
8. Brooksville planners okay tower entrance access
   The Weekly Packet, 9/9/10
9. Second cell tower underway in Brooksville while moratorium is pending
   The Weekly Packet, 9/2/10
10. Brooksville cell tower opponents submit tighter moratorium proposal
    The Weekly Packet, 8/26/10
11. Brooksville to vote on cell tower moratorium
    The Weekly Packet, 8/19/10
12. Brooksville to consider cell tower moratorium
    The Weekly Packet, 8/12/10
13. Proposed Brooksville cell tower location draws citizens’ concerns
    The Weekly Packet, 8/5/10

Castine

1. Cell tower application filed in Castine
   Castine Patriot, 10/28/10

Deer Isle

1. New Deer Isle cell tower to be ready in March
   Island Ad-Vantages, 2/16/12
2. Cell tower activated in Deer Isle
   Island Ad-Vantages, 11/18/11
3. Deer Isle Cell tower activation promised in “near future” Permit issued for taller 250-foot tower
   Island Ad-Vantages, 10/21/11
4. Startup delayed on new Deer Isle cell tower
   Island Ad-Vantages, 4/28/11
5. Cell tower nears completion
   Island Ad-Vantages, 3/10/11

Penobscot

1. 190-foot cell tower approved in Penobscot
   Castine Patriot, 10/13/11
2. New cell tower ordinance unveiled at Penobscot planning board hearing
   Castine Patriot, 1/13/11

Sedgwick

1. Caterpillar Hill tower to go up soon
   The Weekly Packet, 1/9/12

Stonington

1. AT&T cell-phone tower is on, Moose Island work to begin
   Island Ad-Vantages, 11/23/11

Opinion

Brooksville

1. A place less wired
   The Weekly Packet, 8/12/10
2. Cell towers and private property
   The Weekly Packet, 9/9/10
3. Cell tower science
   The Weekly Packet, 9/9/10
4. Clarification of stance on Brooksville cell towers
   The Weekly Packet, 9/2/10
5. Brooksville divided
   The Weekly Packet, 9/2/10
6. Brooksville cell towers
   The Weekly Packet, 8/26/10

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