ALLEGANY - Allegany residents heard from a sound expert regarding noise created by wind turbines, and witnessed a heated discussion between a town consultant and resident during Monday's special meeting for the town of Allegany Planning Board and Allegany Town Board.

Gordon Reusing, an engineer from Conestoga-Rovers and Associates of Waterloo, Ontario, opened the meeting at the Allegany Senior Center with a Power Point presentation on the basics of noise. Mr. Reusing was asked by town officials to give the presentation and to address questions that have been raised about noise levels that could be created by a proposed wind turbine... [continue via Web link]