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Party to Protect Sears Island 8/10/2024
The sun was shining, people were swimming, children were playing on the beach, and others were walking their dogs – lots of people enjoying the island on a lovely summer afternoon. On the causeway, people set up tables, the band set up their equipment, and the food truck prepared to…
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Letters to Government Officials
Examples from Two Alliance Governing Team Members Becky Bartovics wrote to the US Secretary of Transportation, Peter Buttigieg, urging him to deny a Maine Department of Transportation application for $456,000,000 toward building an offshore wind manufacturing facility on Sears Island and Janet Williams submitted testimony in response to the Governor’s…
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Climate Change And Connecting With Nature
It’s not too late to change the course of the Sears Island offshore wind development debate. Understanding how humans fit into the grand scheme of life on planet earth, we can protect Sears Island and further offshore wind development at Mack Point. Early in May, Derek Dunbar told Friends of…
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Some Perspective on the Mack Point Versus Sears Island Dredging Issue
You probably read recently that Mack Point needs dredging to develop an offshore wind manufacturing, assembling and launching facility there and that such dredging renders Mack Point unsuitable or undesireable for the facility. Even the Governor, when announcing the state’s decision to build on Sears Island, said, “Unlike adjacent Mack…
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Islesboro Islands Trust Comment on Governor’s Announcement to Build Offshore Wind Manufacturing Facility on Sears Island
The state of Maine just announced plans to build an offshore wind manufacturing facility on Sears Island, breaking its promise to Maine residents. In 2007, the State promised (document) to choose Mack Point as the preferred location for future marine transportation development. Former Islesboro Select Board chair and long-time defender…
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OPEN HOUSE: “Mack Point – Not Sears Island” for an offshore wind port
Wednesday October 25 11am-2pm 42 Prospect St, Searsport, ME 04974-3532, United States Friends! Please join the Alliance for Sears Island at a Maine Department of Transportation public open house in Searsport on Wednesday, October 25! Let MDOT know that you support development of an offshore wind facility at Mack Point,…
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