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In Barton
Verizon cell towers stir lively debate
by Chris Braithwaite
BARTON — The District 7 Environmental Commission came to town Tuesday evening to gaze at a big silo on Burton Hill that is topped by a few small antennas, watch a balloon bob in the wind on a ridge high above the road to Glover, and meet with about 40 townspeople who were eager to discuss Verizon Wireless’ applications to put one cell tower on the silo and another at the approximate height of the bobbing balloon.
Oddly, for an Act 250 hearing involving Barton and Verizon, a surprising number of those present seemed to favor the idea. Verizon, which tried for years to put a cell tower on Barton Mountain, is used to taking a certain amount of heat at these hearings.
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