LOVELL, Maine — Following input at a crowded hourlong public hearing at the Lovell Fire Station on Tuesday night, selectmen voted 3-0 to hold a special town meeting next Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the fire station, on whether to adopt a 180-day large-scale solar moratorium.
Voting in favor were selectmen Steve Goldsmith (chair), Robert G. Drew and Janice Arsenault.
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