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Post by Outspoken on Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:04 am

MAINE REPORTS: Ellsworth show choir excels in state jazz competition
Portland Press Herald

ELLSWORTH — March went out with a roar last weekend: The roar belonged to the Ellsworth High School Show Choir, which won first place March 29 for its performance of "The Lion King" musical in Division I at the Maine State Vocal Jazz Festival at Lawrence High School in Fairfield.

The Maine Music Educators Association staged the annual statewide show choir competition, at which Ellsworth High's 46-member cast received a trophy and gold rating for its outstanding performance. The cast included technicians, musicians and veteran director Rebecca Wright. Lawrence High School was the runner-up in the Division I competition that also included Hampden Academy and Newport's Nokomis Regional High School.

In Division I, Ellsworth High School senior Kierra Kaspala was chosen as outstanding female vocalist. The soprano plans to major in vocal performance at the University of Southern Maine.

– The Ellsworth American.

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BOOTHBAY HARBOR

Trustees seek executive director to guide library

The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library board of trustees has decided to hire an executive director to guide the library team forward.

The position of librarian is being eliminated, and an executive library director position is being advertised in many areas of the Northeast. All current services and programs will be continued, expanded and developed.

– Boothbay Register

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BAR HARBOR

Town boards back rules regulating cell phone towers

Rules regulating placement of cell phone towers have gained the endorsement of the town's top advisory bodies. Both the Warrant Committee and the Planning Board are recommending passage when voters go to the polls later this spring.

The Planning Board voted 4-1 in favor of the article. Board member Lynne Williams voted against the wireless communications facilities ordinance, saying that it was not restrictive enough. Others on the board agreed that the ordinance needs work and voted unanimously to try to draft amendments in time for the November election.

The Warrant Committee voted 12-9 to recommend passage of the ordinance. If residents OK it at the ballot box in June, the ordinance will become the first law in Bar Harbor to regulate the placement of cell phone or other communications towers.

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MAINE REPORTS: Variance approved for pellet silos
Portland Press Herald

EASTPORT — After a hearing Tuesday, the Eastport Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved a variance request from the Eastport Port Authority for three 125-foot silos for storing wood pellets at the Estes Head terminal.

The port authority is preparing for a possible new customer that would make the wood pellets in Washington County and ship them to Europe, although no definite plans have been announced.

The board stipulated that the variance is only for the storage of industrial wood pellets in three silos, and if the silos are dormant for more than 18 months, they must be dismantled within six months.

Port Director Chris Gardner said the wood pellet plan would be important for the viability of the port, since the port has been essentially dependent on only one customer for 25 years.

The operation would involve loading wood pellets aboard a ship at the rate of 1,000 tons to 1,500 tons an hour.

– The Quoddy Tides

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ELLSWORTH

Route 1A road work clogs main route, frustrating drivers

Road work on Route 1A, the city's major artery, began slowing traffic several weeks ago, but clogging in earnest started this past week, leaving motorists stuck, frustrated and late.

The project will continue until the end of June, finishing just before the full onslaught of summer visitors.

"They're supposed to be completed by the end of June," City Manager Michelle Beal said. "But by June 15, if they're doing any one-way work, they're supposed to be doing it in the evening."

The Maine Department of Transportation project entails adding a stoplight and reconfiguring the intersection, which, when complete, will resemble the intersection at the head of Mount Desert Island.

– The Ellsworth American.

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FAIRFIELD

Mount Desert choir takes first place in school competition

The Mount Desert Island High School show choir took top honors in Division II at the Maine State Vocal Jazz and Show Choir Festival at Lawrence High School.

The 23-member choir won first place in the March 29 Division II competition for its medley of songs from "We Will Rock You," a show based on the music of the rock group Queen.

Judges praised the MDI choir for delivering a "clean, detail-oriented" performance. MDI also received special awards for its choreography and for the rhythm section that accompanied the show choir.

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MAINE REPORTS: Ellsworth project likely to displace middle school students
Portland Press Herald

ELLSWORTH — Middle school students will likely have to be relocated for at least a year of construction on the new elementary/middle school, contrary to previous plans.

Initial construction bids on the $36.5 million project were disappointing, prompting planners to look for ways to cut costs before putting it back out to bid. Original plans had students in the school throughout construction.

"Obviously we won't get this project on budget without changing the schedule," Interim School Superintendent Wayne Enman said.

Planners hope to have construction start by this summer. Scheduling changes would affect students in the upcoming school year.

The Ellsworth American

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CAMDEN

A.G. asked to probe Lincoln County link to Taser incident

The state Attorney General's Office has been invited to investigate a possible Lincoln County connection to a Taser incident that occurred at a Knox County bachelor party last summer.

The Lincoln County Commissioners unanimously extended the invitation during their Tuesday meeting. The Attorney General's Office is already investigating the incident in Knox County.

A video circulated on the Internet through file-sharing sites such as on YouTube shows officers of the Knox County Sheriff's Department using a Taser on a former Knox County officer at his bachelor party before he was handcuffed, duct taped, oiled, coated with feathers, loaded into a chair, mounted onto the back of a flatbed truck, and driven through downtown Camden.

The Knox County Sheriff's Department does not have Tasers. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department has five Tasers, Sheriff Todd Bracket said.

The Lincoln County News

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WOOLWICH

Library won't give cardholder's names to town's selectmen

The Patten Free Library of Bath is asking the town of Woolwich to donate over $43,000 toward the operating cost of the library for the 2008-09 year.

However, the library leadership is unwilling to provide the selectmen with a list of cardholders from the town. In an attempt to determine how many Woolwich residents are taking advantage of the town paying for their library cards, the selectmen have held two budget workshops to discuss the request, and to look for alternatives in providing library services to residents at a lower cost.

During a budget workshop on April 3, Patten Free Librarian Ann Phillips and library trustee David Miller cited a state law regarding the confidentiality of library records. However, according to the Maine Municipal Association, the law only covers the books and other materials patrons take out of the library, not their names.

In a telephone interview, Wiscasset Librarian Pam Dunning, said the Wiscasset Library does not release the names of its patrons either. "It is like going into a doctor's office and asking for his list of patients," Dunning said. "We feel our card holders are entitled to confidentiality."

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Movie stars help with restoration of Bar Harbor theater
Portland Press Herald

BAR HARBOR — The Criterion Theatre and Arts Center has reached its first major fundraising milestone, raising more than $100,000 for a marquee and renovations to the Cottage Street side of the historic building.

Hollywood stars are also lending a hand, theater officials announced last week. Board members Rob Jordan and Nessa Reifsnyder recently gave a private tour of the Criterion to summer residents and actors Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins. Sarandon's father, Les Tomalin, was a well-known resident of Mount Desert.

"Susan and Tim are really excited about the theater. They loved the stage and the whole aura of the building," Jordan said. "They have committed to helping with our restoration campaign and have started already. We are very pleased and proud to have industry members of their stature take an interest in the Criterion Theatre."

Kim Swan, fundraising campaign chairman, said that local businesses have stepped forward to provide generous financial support as well.

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BOOTHBAY

Children's garden needs $1.5 million for matching grant


The design for the children's garden at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay is ready and waiting for funds to start construction.

Now, thanks to a challenge grant from the Harold Alfond Foundation, this major project at Maine's first and only botanical garden is a giant step closer to becoming a reality.

If donors contribute a total of $1.5 million, the foundation will match all cash gifts, dollar for dollar, up to $1.5 million. Staff members and volunteers are mustering all the nonprofit organization's resources to succeed in raising these funds.

With construction scheduled to begin this season and incentives built in to the terms of the challenge, the sooner the funds are raised, the better.

Boothbay Register

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CALAIS

Dignitaries attend groundbreaking for border crossing


Government officials joined with about 120 invited guests to break ground for the new U.S. Land Port of Entry to be built in Calais.

Gov. John Baldacci, Sen. Susan Collins, a representative of Sen. Olympia Snowe, Rep. Michael Michaud, the administrator of the General Services Administration and the director of operations of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection all spoke at the site, above the St. Croix River in the city's industrial park.

Baldacci pointed out that this is the first new border crossing to be constructed in the past 20 years.

He praised the cooperation of all those involved in the process of building a new bridge across the St. Croix, citing representatives of every level of government, from both sides of the border, as well as citizens and business people who encouraged and lobbied for the project.

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Book recalls Ellsworth's Great Fire
Portland Press Herald

ELLSWORTH — On the eve of the 75th anniversary of Ellsworth's Great Fire of 1933, a local historian is putting the finishing touches on a book detailing the event.

Darlene Springer, who is on the board of the Ellsworth Historical Society, wrote "The Great Fire of Ellsworth 1933," which will be published in a few weeks by Regal Press.

The fire, which occurred on May 7, 1933, destroyed 130 downtown buildings. A local man named Norman Moore confessed to setting the fire.

Springer said getting the history recorded became essential as time passed and the people who remembered the fire were aging. The information needed to be recorded for posterity, she said.

The book began to come together after the late historian Deale Salisbury went to Springer for information about the fire to include in his history of Ellsworth, "Ellsworth: Crossroads of Downeast Maine."

The Ellsworth American

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BAR HARBOR

Cell phone towers to be on the agenda for public workshop

Rules governing cell phone towers will be the subject of a public workshop this month.

The Planning Board will host the workshop May 14. It is asking the public for input on possible changes to a proposed ordinance governing cell phone tower placement and construction.

The town is due to vote on the cell tower ordinance at its town meeting in June. This workshop will not affect the document that is due to go before the voters. Rather, the intention is to discuss whether changes should be made to the proposed ordinance in time for the November elections.

The Planning Board voted 4-1 on March 19 to recommend that residents pass the proposed communications tower ordinance when they go to the polls June 10.

However, they decided the same night to begin crafting amendments to the ordinance, based on comments from the public that the law is not restrictive enough.

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WALDOBORO

Fieldcrest Manor health care facility due to close soon

The staff and patients at Fieldcrest Manor in Waldoboro face an uncertain future after learning Thursday that the long-term health care facility will soon close.

The closing date will be June 1, according to Kindred Healthcare, the company that owns the facility.

The timing gives the patients and staff just one month to make alternate arrangements.

There are currently 39 patients in the 70-bed facility and 82 employees, according to Fieldcrest Manor Executive Director Kenneth Taylor.

According to Kindred Healthcare, the company is working closely with residents and family members to identify new centers that will meet the residents' medical needs.

Regardless of the June 1 closing date, the facility will be open until the last of the residents are placed, Taylor said.

Lincoln County News

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Unpaid Bangor Hydro bills pile up
Portland Press Herald

ELLSWORTH — Hard times and high energy prices have thousands of residential customers owing Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. many millions of dollars.

As consumers cope with the ever-increasing prices of all conventional forms of energy -- firewood, gasoline, fuel oil, propane, natural gas and electricity -- making ends meet has become no small challenge. That's been especially true for those working minimum-wage jobs or living on fixed incomes.

"Many of the people who are now coming to us for help faced the choice this past winter of either buying fuel oil for heat or paying their electric bills," said Sister Lucille MacDonald, who oversees the Emmaus Center in Ellsworth, Hancock County's only homeless shelter. "They had to have heat, so they put off paying their electric bills. Now that's catching up with them."

Between the first of this year and May 1, Bangor Hydro sent disconnection letters to 32,632 residential customers in Hancock, Penobscot and Washington counties who, on average, owed the company $880. Collectively, those customers' unpaid electric bills totaled just over $7 million.

During those same four months, Bangor Hydro mailed to another 13,422 households disconnection notices after previously negotiated payment plans went ignored and were deemed "broken agreements." On May 1, those customers, on average, owed the utility $2,263 and collectively had unpaid electric bills totaling nearly $7.4 million.

-- The Ellsworth American

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ACADIA NATIONAL PARK

Program wll receive $362,000 to fund Engage Youth effort

A program to expand outdoor recreation and educational opportunities for young people has received a $362,000 federal grant.

Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced April 24 that the Engage Youth project will receive $181,000 from the federal government and $181,000 in matching funds from Friends of Acadia, Acadia Partners for Science and Learning and Eastern National.

Acadia also received $7,000 for a biodiversity project.

Last year, park units from around the country were asked to submit competitive proposals to undertake projects that will reinvigorate and prepare parks for the 100th anniversary of the national park system in 2016.

This is the first year of a 10-year effort funded annually by up to $1 million in federal money with up to $1 million in matching funds from individual, public and nonprofit partners.

The Engage Youth Centennial Project is an outgrowth of Acadia superintendent Sheridan Steele's Leave No Child Inside effort to encourage an active lifestyle and understanding of the natural world.

Components of the project include technology innovations, curriculum-based education, ranger-guided activities, special events, and internships and employment for undergraduate and graduate students.

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MAINE REPORTS: Lincoln County to get disaster aid
Portland Press Herald

WALDOBORO — Lincoln County has met the threshold to receive disaster assistance for damage during the heavy rainfall on April 29. The storm dropped five to seven inches of rain locally.

Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency director Tim Pellerin confirmed that Lincoln County is one of six Maine counties to receive a declaration of disaster from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The declaration is the first step in the county actually receiving federal funds to offset the estimated costs of storm repairs. So far, the towns of Waldoboro, Jefferson, Bristol, Bremen and Damariscotta have asked for such assistance.

Estimated damage from this storm is about $140,000. That is significantly less than last year's Patriots Day storm, which caused nearly $3 million in damage locally, Pellerin said.

Pellerin said the worst damage occurred in Waldoboro, where many roads were washed out. All roads are now open, although two still need repair.

-- The Lincoln County News

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ELLSWORTH

Roadblocks targeting drunk drivers to begin

Seasonal roadblocks designed to arrest drivers who are intoxicated will soon begin in Hancock County. Where and just when remain closely guarded secrets.

Hancock County Sheriff Bill Clark said the "road check" program usually runs between May and early fall, with motorists typically stopped between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m.

Drivers who encounter a traffic stop are greeted by a deputy or police officer who hands them a card that bears Clark's signature and reads: "This traffic stop is being made in an attempt to reduce the number of drunk drivers on Maine highways. I hope you find the benefits of this program outweigh the brief delay you have encountered. I welcome your personal comments and concerns about this experience."

While drivers are reading the card, officers are assessing their sobriety and checking their driver's licenses and vehicle registration data. Those who admit to drinking or who smell of alcohol may be required to take a field sobriety test, Clark said.

-- The Ellsworth American

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WISCASSET

Recommendations for Route 1 bypass coming on June 10

The state will present recommendations on where a Route 1 bypass should go on June 10, members of the Midcoast Bypass Task Force were told.

The task force was formed by the Maine Department of Transportation to review the draft Environmental Impact Statement. The Task Force is made up of representatives from eight towns and three local agencies.

Carol Morris, a consultant with MDOT, said she was uncertain if the recommendation will include more than one route.

The routes all begin near the NAPA auto parts store on Route 1, just south of the village, cross Churchill Street, Route 27, Route 218, then land in Edgecomb, either on Davis Island or the mainland.

-- Wiscasset Newspaper

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MAINE REPORTS: Lottery win a lot like twin college scholarships
Portland Press Herald

LUBEC — Larry Burns of Lubec hasn't had time to figure out everything he wants to do with his nearly $10 million Megabucks jackpot, but he is sure of one thing.

Larry's twin sons, Doug and Tim, are graduating in a few days from Lubec High School, and both want to go on to college. "Tim wants to go into chemical engineering," Burns said. "He's been accepted at Orono. Doug wants to go into automotive."

Burns, who had to retire early due to health problems, said, "We didn't know how we were going to (pay for college). It is such a good feeling to know now my sons' education is taken care of. My sons can go to college and not have to owe anything when they're done."

Burns said he regularly plays the lottery at McFadden's Variety, but "up until recently, I hadn't been attracted to Megabucks." He plays a combination including his sons' birth date, Feb. 14.

He also plans to take his family for a trip to Florida this summer to visit his father.

He said the win came at an auspicious moment for the family: "We were surviving, but it was not the way we wanted to live. But you only need to look over your shoulder here to see someone else having a harder time than we were."

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WISCASSET

State is asked to assess impact of bypass on town

The town manager has asked for the state's help in determining the economic impact of losing homes, businesses and land that will be taken by the Route 1 bypass. Up to 33 homes, 15 businesses and many acres of land will mean lost tax revenue for the towns of Wiscasset and Edgecomb.

The "preferred route" (or routes) are expected to be announced by the Maine Department of Transportation at meetings at 5 p.m. June 10 at the Edgecomb Eddy School on Route 27, and at 6:30 p.m. June 26 at the 911 Communications Center on Route 1 in Wiscasset. Meetings of the task force are open to the public.

Wiscasset Town Manager Arthur Faucher said he asked MDOT's Kathy Fuller for help in determining how the losses will affect the town, not only in properties and buildings removed from the tax rolls, but also the "social impact assessment."

Faucher calculates about $26 million, which is the value of land and buildings, will no longer be taxable by the town. At the present tax rate, this would amount to a loss of about $350,000 in tax dollars.

However, that amount is only for those properties in the direct path of the road, Faucher says, and does not include the adjacent or nearby properties that will be reduced in value because of their proximity to the road.

As these property owners find their homes or businesses are no longer worth as much, they will ask that their taxes be lowered, and the town lose additional revenue.

Wiscasset Newspaper

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DEBLOIS

Blueberry outlook bright, thanks to record snowfall

At a time when consumer demand worldwide and the prices being paid to growers for wild blueberries have never been higher, Maine's blueberry industry is thriving.

Even the weather has been close to ideal. Last winter's record snowfall helped insulate the delicate plants from killing Arctic winds, and a mild and dry spring has encouraged the millions of bees trucked into the state to get on with pollination.

"The snow not only provided cover from winter kill, but left a lot of moisture in the ground," said Dave Yarborough, the University of Maine Extension's blueberry specialist. "The snow cover started early, which was very good for the plants. The flip side is it was also very good for the insects, like spamworm and flea beetle, which chew on the buds as they emerge."

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MAINE REPORTS: Bar Harbor stepping up seat belt checks
Portland Press Herald

BAR HARBOR — Drivers caught while not wearing seat belts were ticketed in droves last week as part of the national Click It or Ticket campaign.

Maine recently changed its laws to make failure to use a seat belt a primary offense, meaning a motorist can be stopped and ticketed solely for not wearing a seat belt.

Of the 39 motorists who were pulled over for seat belt violations throughout the week in Bar Harbor, 30 were cited for failure to buckle up, while nine got off with a warning.

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WISCASSET

Proposed festival could attract up to 10,000 people

A three-day music festival at Point East Maritime Village that would have a capacity of 10,000 people, with room for about 8,000 to camp, has been proposed to Wiscasset selectmen.

The proposal was presented by Asa Kitfield, who said he is working with production manager Michael Allgretto of San Diego, who has staged concerts for groups like Phish.

Selectman Chairman Duane Goud said that since some of the sites are still tentative, the town won't be able to issue a permit until these have been firmed up.

Kitfield said his only reason for presenting the plan now is to familiarize the board with the proposal.

-- Wiscasset Newspaper

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BLUE HILL

Seventh-grader lasts to third round of spelling bee

Blue Hill Consolidated School seventh-grader Imogen Page made it to round three as Maine's representative at the recent Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.

The 13-year-old from East Blue Hill made quick work of the bee's written test, which included words such as "miscible," "cygnet," "avarice," "guernsey" and "loquacity."

She sailed through round two by correctly spelling "quandary." Of the 288 middle school spellers left, only 90 advanced to the next round.

But then round three brought the word "unconscionable," a challenge for the avid reader and spelling champ.

"I don't remember seeing it before," she said in an interview last week. She was eliminated after spelling the word incorrectly.

Sameer Mishra of Lafayette, Ind., won the bee in round 16 when he correctly spelled the word "guerdon," which means reward or payment.

-- The Ellsworth American

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MAINE REPORTS: Route 1 bypass proposals trimmed to three
Portland Press Herald

WISCASSET — Property owners from at least three towns gathered in Edgecomb on Tuesday night to learn if a proposed Route 1 bypass will cut through their properties.

Maine Department of Transportation consultant Carol Morris said five routes that have been on the table have been narrowed to three.

Edgecomb residents who live in the area of Engelbrekt Road apparently no longer have to worry about the bypass cutting their neighborhood in two. This route was called F2. The second route that was eliminated is N2H. Maps of the routes are available on the MDOT Web site.

The "preferred" route is N2A, the longest of the five routes at 4.8 miles. It would begin on Route 1 near the NAPA auto parts store and Old Bath Road, and cross Bradford Road, Church Street, Route 27 and Route 218.

This route would go through an upscale subdivision now under development by Doug Fitts and Brett Benway.

Permits for the project must be issued by the Army Corps of Engineers, the Coast Guard and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Jay Clement from the Army Corps said the three routes -- N8C, F1 and N2A -- were favored over F2 and N2H, and the corps has to determine if N2A is the least environmentally damaging alternative.

Until that happens, the other two routes will still be under consideration, he said.

Wiscasset Newspaper

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ELLSWORTH

Developer buys former DOT garage for proposed inn

A Freeport-based developer has purchased the former Maine Department of Transportation garage on High Street and plans to build a Hampton Inn on the site.

Maine Course Hospitality Group purchased the 4-acre site from the state for $1.4 million, according to Mike Burns, assistant director of the bureau of maintenance and operations. The closing on the property was June 3, he said.

Peter Anastos, a principal of Maine Course Hospitality Group, said his company would present a proposal for an 80-room Hampton Inn to the Ellsworth Planning Board.

Anastos said the hotel would take up about half the site, which would leave about two acres for additional development.

The Ellsworth American

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PLEASANT POINT

Tribe's tidal power project awarded $120,000 grant

The Passamaquoddy Tribe's Environmental Department at Pleasant Point has received a $120,000 award from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to test an underwater tidal power turbine.

The Underwater Electric Kite turbines will be installed this summer for one-week periods at two sites off Pleasant Point, north of Kendall's Head and off First Island. Last November, the tribe received three-year approval for testing at the two sites from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Stephen Crawford, the tribal government's environmental director, said Underwater Electric Kite turbines are being commercially used in Africa and Alaska for producing electricity, and the placement in Passamaquoddy Bay will be the first time the turbines have been used in waters off the East Coast of the United States for that length of time.

Crawford said the tribe will file with FERC for full site approval in 2010.

He expects that, because of limitations in capacity of the electric transmission lines in the area, the greatest amount of power that could be produced from the tidal turbines would be 5 megawatts. One megawatt of electricity is enough power for about 1,200 homes.

The tribe has cooperative agreements with the University of Maine at Orono, Maine Maritime Academy and two contractors for the tidal power project and has applied to them for additional grant funding for the project.

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