A photographer who usually shoots disrepair found success pointing his camera at progress. Milton Independent staff chose Chad Abramovich’s image of two turbines amid late fall foliage and fading sunlight as the winner of its Georgia Mountain Community Wind photo … Read more
The Georgia Mountain Community Wind project is officially on the grid, officials announced last week. Getting all four turbines operational by the December 31 deadline guarantees the project $8 million in federal subsidies. It will cover about 28.5 percent of … Read more
With additional reporting by Jacqueline Cain The year 2012 marked many highs and lows in Milton and Georgia’s histories. Here, we recap some of our more important stories of the year and what’s come of them. Biggest headlines This year … Read more
After negotiating since April, the towns of Milton and Georgia and the owners of the Georgia Mountain Community Wind project arrived at a means to determine the turbine facility’s fair market value that both parties agree is fair. In addition … Read more
The Georgia Mountain Community Wind project will pay at least $20,000 in penalties for blasting violations, the Public Service Board ruled this month. The company admitted to operating on August 16, Bennington Battle Day, when doing so on state holidays … Read more
Hard-hatted workers talked about road trips and what to eat for dinner while waiting for three 164-foot turbine blades to arrive atop Georgia Mountain last Wednesday. Around noon, all the beeps, scrapes and whirs of a construction zone had ceased. … Read more
The Public Service Board will receive filings about Georgia Mountain Community Wind’s alleged blasting violations this month, according to a schedule agreed to both parties and accepted by the PSB on October 4. This is the first step in addressing … Read more
The sun spilled through the trees on a hilly piece of Jane FitzGerald’s 200-plus acre wood last Friday. Jane’s son, Dan; his wife, Tina; and their son, Cody, effortlessly trekked up the path strewn with mossy grass, broken branches and … Read more