WOW - We Oppose Windfarms - Wyoming County

Eagle Construction

Fri, 11 May 2007 10:53:26 -0400

Trucks rumble by one Eagle family's home as the turbines begin to go up. May, 2007

Town of Sheldon Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting CONTINUED

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:04:05 -0400

Start: Apr 14 2007 - 9:00am

End: Apr 17 2007 - 9:00am

Description:

VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE to ALL SHELDON RESIDENTS
MONDAY APRIL 16th 7:00 pm
CONTINUATION of SHELDON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING
The vote on the five variances regarding the High Sheldon Wind Farm were
tabled at Thursday's April 12th.meeting.
The zoning board decided to recess the meeting until MONDAY APRIL 16th.
ONE day BEFORE the scheduled town board meeting on Tuesday April 17th.
It is very likely they will vote on these variances Monday night.
***** This notice is given in consideration of the great many who attended
and were under the assumption that the meeting had ended and left without
this information ******

Draft EIS Published in Wethersfield (Wyoming)

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:16:20 -0500

The draft EIS has been given to the town. Any interested parties can ask to view it at the town hall or request a copy based on the Freedom of Information act. The town is allowed to charge a reasonable duplication fee.

Here is the official notice:

Date: Februaury 28, 2007

Lead Agency: Town Board of the Town of Wethersfield
Town of Wethersfield Town Hall, 4362 Route 78, Gainesville, NY 14066

Have You Noticed?

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:16:17 -0500

Have the readers of this very interesting site, noticed that those who are pro wind turbines USUALLY are benefitting financially from siting on their property OR they WORK for the developers? Just read the local paper (Daily News). It appears those who are for the metal monstrosities are looking for a full wallet, not to whether they actually do what is promised. Why is it the information off the MET TOWERS is not available to the Public?

Perry Public Hearing [Wyoming]

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:06:44 -0400

Start: Oct 16 2006 - 7:00pm

End: Oct 16 2006 - 9:00pm

Description:

Officials voted to move the public hearing concerning wind towers from October 9 to October 16, due to a schedule conflict for the town attorney. When townspeople complained that travelers had already made plans and taken off work for the October 9 meeting Supervisor James Brick retorted "We're meeting for the people in Perry, not for the people away from Perry."

Notes from the Perry Hearing, Sept 13

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:05:37 -0400

The Perry Town Board met Wednesday, September 13 to discuss possible changes to a local law regarding wind towers.

Covington Hearing on Comprehensive Plan [Wyoming]

Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:32:12 -0400

Start: Aug 29 2006 - 7:00pm

End: Aug 29 2006 - 9:00pm

Description:

Public hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Covington on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 commencing at 7pm at the town offices regarding the adoption of a Comprehensive Plan. The proposed Comprehensive Plan addresses ... the potential of green energy within the Town, meeting needs of the agricultural base and the potential for public water.

This public hearing is being held to hear all interested parties and citizens for or against the adoption of said comprehensive plan.

UPC Office opens in Attica [Wyoming]

Sat, 22 Jul 2006 13:00:42 -0400

Start: Jul 29 2006 - 9:00am

End: Jul 29 2006 - 5:00pm

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UPC Wind Management will be opening a location July 29 at 18 Market St in Attica, said Development Manager Helen Maxon Thomas.

UPC opens office in Attica

Thu, 20 Jul 2006 17:32:44 -0400

UPC Wind Management will be opening a location July 29 at 18 Market St in Attica, said Development Manager Helen Maxon Thomas.

"The reason for the office is UPC Wind Management is a company that very much believes in working with the local community and wants to establish a local presence as soon as we can," she said.

That will allow the company to make information available about wind energy, and provide a place for people to ask questions and meet with company representatives.

The Wayward Wind (Speech by Jon Boone)

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:52:42 -0400

INTRODUCTION

The United States east of the Mississippi River has about five percent of the nation's onshore wind potential. If industrial wind developers achieve their goals, the region will be saturated with approximately 300,000 wind turbines spread over millions of acres. New York, with .3 of one percent of the nation's onshore wind, could be saturated with
about 20,000-400 foot tall machines, spread over more than a thousand miles of terrain.

Support the Herald

Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:55:19 -0400

** There has been a bit of dust-up about the Perry Herald and it Letters-To-The_Editor policy.

In all fairness to the Herald, they are a small newspaper that is running in the red. They have been getting plenty of letters and initially tried to print them all. The problem with that is that to do so they need to add extra pages, with raises their publishing cost while at the same time doing nothing to increase income.

Castile OKs 12-month Moratorium

Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:03:33 -0400

A 12-month moratorium on wind turbine placement was approved by teh Castile Town Board.

No one spoke during the public hearing conducted before the Town Board voted on the issue. The moratorium prohibits placement of wind turbines in the town for the next year.

Portions of Castile had been included in the Dairy Hills Wind Farm proposed by Horizon. That generated protests from some residents, and the Town Board decided in April to enact a moratorium.

Special meeting - Town Board of Perry [Wyoming]

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 13:46:01 -0400

Start: Jul 31 2006 - 7:00pm

End: Jul 31 2006 - 9:00pm

Description:

MONDAY, 31st -- 7:30pm -- Special meeting of the Town Board of Perry, NY. Perry Fire Hall, Perry Park, Lake Street, Perry, NY -- To accept or deny Horizon Wind Company's DEIS for the Dairy Wind Farm construction in the Town of Perry.

Monthly Town Board of Castile meeting

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 13:43:54 -0400

Start: Jul 13 2006 - 7:00pm

End: Jul 13 2006 - 9:00pm

Description:

THURSDAY, 13th -- 7:00pm -- Monthly Town Board of Castile meeting. Castile Fire Hall, Main Street, Castile, NY -- Approving the 12 month moratorium of construction of Wind Turbines.

Perry backs off 30 days

Fri, 07 Jul 2006 20:05:35 -0400

It’s the question Town of Perry lawmakers had to face Monday night, should 60 giant wind turbines be set up in that Wyoming County town? The proposed project is backed by "Horizon", a turbine company based in Houston, Texas. Some neighbors say it will produce clean energy but others don’t want them in their town. Monday night a consultant presented its findings on the impact of the construction project and gave the green light to the town of Perry. The study is 2,000 pages long and with dozens of people watching over the meeting the Town Board members decided to take 30 days before making any final decisions. Donna and Bruce Tillapaugh worry about a plan that would put 60 turbines in the town of Perry by 2008. 14 of those turbines would go up within a mile of their home and they would stand 410 feet. Donna Tillapaugh, like many other residents, fears they will ruin the rural character of the town. “Before you saw the landscape and you saw the hills and the trees and now the trees that are 80 feet tall look like bushes next to them.”