WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » wind turbine http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Wed, 22 May 2013 20:21:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Falmouth, Mass. Votes To Keep Wind Turbines http://wbsm.com/mass-town-votes-to-keep-turbines/ http://wbsm.com/mass-town-votes-to-keep-turbines/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 10:53:38 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=80798 Voters in Falmouth have rejected a plan to take down wind turbines because of complaints about noise and health impacts.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/mass-town-votes-to-keep-turbines/feed/ 0 flickr Fairhaven Turbines a Noise Violation http://wbsm.com/fairhaven-noisey-turbines/ http://wbsm.com/fairhaven-noisey-turbines/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 10:27:18 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=80792 According to preliminary results of a sound study conducted by the State Department of Environmental Protection, Fairhaven's two industrial-sized wind turbines are in violation of Massachusetts noise regulations.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/fairhaven-noisey-turbines/feed/ 0 TSM Trade Mission Promotes City's Marine Commerce Terminal http://wbsm.com/trade-mission-promotes-citys-marine-commerce-terminal/ http://wbsm.com/trade-mission-promotes-citys-marine-commerce-terminal/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 02:44:46 +0000 Bryan Booker http://wbsm.com/?p=75089 A recent trade mission to Europe for the South End Marine Commerce Terminal was the subject of a South Central neighborhood meeting Tuesday.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/trade-mission-promotes-citys-marine-commerce-terminal/feed/ 0 Economic Development Director Matt Morrissey speaks with residents at a South Central Neighborhood meeting. Fairhaven, Once Again, Wants To Shut Down Their Wind Turbines [UPDATE] http://wbsm.com/fairhaven-wind-turbines/ http://wbsm.com/fairhaven-wind-turbines/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:48:52 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=68890 One member of the Fairhaven Selectboard brought up the issue of the wind turbines at their meeting Tuesday night.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/fairhaven-wind-turbines/feed/ 0 TSM Falmouth Will Not Tear Down Turbines, For Now http://wbsm.com/falmouth-will-not-tear-down-turbines-for-now/ http://wbsm.com/falmouth-will-not-tear-down-turbines-for-now/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:16:46 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=68883 Falmouth residents who want to tear down two wind turbines will have to try again after failing to get enough votes at a town meeting last night. 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/falmouth-will-not-tear-down-turbines-for-now/feed/ 0 flckr Fairhaven Debates Wind Turbine By-Law Changes http://wbsm.com/fairhaven-debates-wind-turbine-by-law-changes/ http://wbsm.com/fairhaven-debates-wind-turbine-by-law-changes/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:53:20 +0000 Bryan Booker http://wbsm.com/?p=56108 Fairhaven residents testified for nearly two hours Tuesday at a Planning Board hearing on amending the town's wind turbine by-law.

The amendments would put greater limits on power output and height of new turbines, and increase the minimum distance between turbines and homes

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]]> http://wbsm.com/fairhaven-debates-wind-turbine-by-law-changes/feed/ 0 flickr Wind Turbine Suit In Scituate http://wbsm.com/wind-turbine-suit-in-scituate/ http://wbsm.com/wind-turbine-suit-in-scituate/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:40:00 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=48546 A wind turbine in Scituate will keep spinning while a family that lives nearby sues to shut it down. 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/wind-turbine-suit-in-scituate/feed/ 0 flickr Fairhaven Board of Health Fields More Wind Turbine Complaints http://wbsm.com/fairhaven-board-of-health-fields-more-wind-turbine-complaints/ http://wbsm.com/fairhaven-board-of-health-fields-more-wind-turbine-complaints/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:36:09 +0000 Bryan Booker http://wbsm.com/?p=45852 Fed-up residents in Fairhaven took their case to the Board of Health Monday, trying again to get the town's wind turbines shut down. The Board heard comment on a proposed wind turbine by-law, before being shut down by Fire Chief Tim Francis, for exceeding the meeting room's approved capacity

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]]> http://wbsm.com/fairhaven-board-of-health-fields-more-wind-turbine-complaints/feed/ 0 kapsnap,flickr Judge Rules Against Windwise Fairhaven Turbine Protesters http://wbsm.com/judge-rules-against-windwise-fairhaven-turbine-protesters/ http://wbsm.com/judge-rules-against-windwise-fairhaven-turbine-protesters/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:54:30 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=38819 A Bristol County Superior Court judge has ruled in favor of the Town of Fairhaven in a lawsuit concerning the town's wind turbines. 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/judge-rules-against-windwise-fairhaven-turbine-protesters/feed/ 0 flickr Offshore Wind Clears Another Hurdle in Massachusetts http://wbsm.com/offshore-wind-clears-another-hurdle-in-massachusetts/ http://wbsm.com/offshore-wind-clears-another-hurdle-in-massachusetts/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:21:40 +0000 Bryan Booker http://wbsm.com/?p=32662 The state's proposed Wind Energy Zone has gotten a boost from the Federal government. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management was in New Bedford Tuesday, presenting its environmental assessment of the 740-thousand acre zone, expected to be the future site of several hundred wind turbines

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