The city council tonight will consider a request to hold a referendum vote on plans to site a biomass plant on the pulp mill property.
In a letter to the council, Androscoggin Valley Economic Recovery Corporation Chair Carol Miller said her organization is requesting the city hold a referendum on reuse of the mill property.
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