LOVELL, Maine — After getting input from their legal counsel, the Lovell Planning Board voted 5-0 Wednesday night to not formally accept the application from Walden Renewables.
With that vote the moratorium enacted Dec. 28 retroactively applies to that company, thus halting any review of Walden’s plans to build a large solar array in town.
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