Wind Farm Issue To Return To Town Meeting In Lyman

LYMAN, N.H. -- The fight against corporate wind is blustering again in this town of about 500 residents.

http://www.caledonianrecord.com/pages/local_news/story/f621d9139

UPC Windpartners withdraws request for height variance

Lyman’s Zoning Board of Adjustment has accepted the motion of UPC Windpartners to withdraw its application for a height variance by a 4-1 vote.

Zoners Let Wind Group Bow Out

In the hope of fending off a potentially costly lawsuit, the Zoning Board of Adjustment voted Thursday to allow UPC Wind Management to withdraw its application for a height variance.

http://www.caledonianrecord.com/pages/local_news/story/0926438e0

Opponents Use Petitions to Fight Wind Farm

Three petitioned town meeting warrant articles are the latest ammunition aimed at UPC Wind Management by residents opposed to the company's efforts to measure the capacity for a wind farm atop Gardner Mountain.

http://www.caledonianrecord.com/pages/local_news/story/3b0788660

Lyman Zoning Waiver Overturned

ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OVERTURNS LYMAN SELECTMEN'S WAIVER OF A USE VARIANCE REQUIREMENT FOR UPC'S ANONOMETER. (This means UPC will need not just a variance of the 35 foot height ordinance, but also a variance for their use in a residential/agriculture/cottage industry only zone).

Wind Guage Opponents Sound Off

The Lyman Zoning Board of Adjustment heard strong opposition to a proposed wind anemometer tower from a majority of residents during a public hearing Wednesday night.

http://www.caledonianrecord.com/pages/local_news/story/2bad82a12

Wind tower developer will try again

The energy company that in July sparked a local debate about whether wind towers should be allowed along the ridgeline of Gardner Mountain has reapplied for permission to erect a wind-measuring device there.

http://www.courier-littletonnh.com/101304wind.html

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Quick Facts About the Gardner Mtn Project

Lyman Board Denies Wind Farm Variance

The Zoning Board of Adjustment last week denied a request to install a wind measuring device on Gardner Mountain... "The antis are smart, and they knew by stopping the anemometer, that they could basically stop the project,” [Tim Caffyn of UPC] said. “What they’ve done is made it very tough for me to try and figure out whether I should still be working in their town, or I should be going somewhere else.”

http://www.courier-littletonnh.com/072104lyman.html

Town May Have Wind Towers in its Future

Residents of Lyman, N.H., will learn Wednesday night if a Massachusetts wind power developer will get the permission it needs to construct a 158-foot-tall tower designed to measure wind currents on top of Gardner Mountain.

http://www.caledonianrecord.com/pages/top_news/story/70f5a8c2d

Lyman's Potiential Windmill Windfall is an Illusion

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Gardner Mountain Q&A

Questions and Answers about the proposed wind facility and the variance application before the Zoning Board of Adjustment

Download: GardnerQA.pdf