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Some Aroostook residents want more benefits from massive wind project

by Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli
3 years ago
Seven of the 28 turbines that make up the Mars Hill Wind facility are viewed across a field from a road near the Maine-Canada border. (Maine Public photo/Kevin Miller)
The project will place 170 wind turbines along 175,000 acres of forest in Aroostook County, generating 1,000 megawatts of power.Read more.
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