BIG FLATS - The Harris Hill Soaring Corp. and the National Soaring Museum will host a presentation on wind power at 6 p.m. today in the community room of the museum on Harris Hill.

Kyle Paulson of the Clipper Windpower Development Co. will talk to community members about plans for wind farms in the area.

The public is invited to attend.

The public hearing on Cherry Valley's wind ordinance law is scheduled for Sept. 25, at 6 p.m. in the Community Center.

WHAT: Public officials, environmental advocates and energy industry representatives join the Lewis County community for a dedication of the new Maple Ridge Wind Farm in Lowville, New York. The project is owned by PPM Energy and Horizon Wind Energy.

The wind farm area includes the towns of Martinsburg, Lowville, Watson and Harrisburg in Lewis County on the Tug Hill Plateau, about 75 miles northeast of Syracuse. The Maple Ridge project has been named to honor the maple sugaring tradition in Lewis County, the leading maple syrup producing county in New York. The first phase of Maple Ridge is 231 megawatts (MW), using 140 1.65 MW Vestas turbines. Additional turbines under construction for Phase 2 will bring the total to 195 turbines producing 320 MW of electricity, enough to power up 160,000 average New York households.

This is a tour event from the Genesee County Chamber of Commerce. I don't have any other information on it, but I'd imagine you can call them.

The Town Board received a proposal to extend the moratorium foe nine months. There will be a public meeting on the ninth of October to get the public comments and to act on the proposal.

Officials voted to move the public hearing concerning wind towers from October 9 to October 16, due to a schedule conflict for the town attorney. When townspeople complained that travelers had already made plans and taken off work for the October 9 meeting Supervisor James Brick retorted "We're meeting for the people in Perry, not for the people away from Perry."