MORNING SENTINEL • August 30, 2023
Albion residents at a special town meeting this week voted to approve a moratorium on utility lines and corridors that town officials say is meant to send a signal to the Missouri-based power company that’s proposing a transmission corridor through the region extending from Aroostook County. About 50 people residents voted on the question Monday and all were in support of the measure. “The 90-day moratorium will give the town adequate time to work on an ordinance to mitigate the impact of any potential utility corridor,” said Thomas Bolen, chairman of the Albion Transmission Line Committee. Supporters tout the jobs the project would generate, but central Maine farmers say its construction could destroy farms that families have operated for generations by clearing productive agricultural land and driving down property values.