FORT KENT, Maine - Sight, sound and potential economic liability were foremost on the minds of residents speaking at the first public hearing Tuesday night on the town's proposed commercial wind energy ordinance.

A little more than a year in the making, the proposed ordinance grew out of discussions surrounding the potential of a large-scale wind farm running through this northern Maine town, though no formal applications have been filed with the town's planning board.

In response to those questions and concerns, the Town Council appointed a wind study committee later that year which has been meeting regularly since then drafting the... [continue via Web link]