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Sidney residents reject ordinance to restrict industrial development
['Abigail Pritchard', 'More Abigail Pritchard', 'Staff Writer']
Centralmaine.com
Sidney residents hand in paper ballots Monday during a special town meeting to consider an ordinance to regulate large-scale industrial development.
(Abigail Pritchard / Staff Writer)SIDNEY — In a small, stiflingly hot town office packed with more than 80 people, Sidney residents voted down an ordinance that would have placed a 180-day moratorium on large-scale industrial facilities and created an oversight board.
Peter Beckerman, a former municipal attorney and Sidney resident, spoke in favor of the ordinance.
After little discussion, residents voted to move the vote on the ordinance to a paper ballot to ensure all residents’ votes would be counted.
While town officials counted the votes, residents opened doors and stood outside to get fresh air.