Planning Board continues Ridge Road solar hearing

Planning Board · Meeting of July 14, 2026

WORTHINGTON — The Planning Board continued its Ridge Road solar hearing to Aug. 19. In a unanimous vote, the board moved the hearing on Blue Wave's 190 Ridge Road array to 6:30 p.m. at the school, after about two and a half hours of questions on health, noise, groundwater and stormwater. Blue Wave's project manager, identified as Mike Z, said proposed Board of Health conditions "all seem okay" pending written review.

Helen Sharon Pollard cited soil acidity of 4.2 to 4.8 and said the company's $158,363 decommissioning estimate compares with her own $2,141,000 figure. The fire chief is away after the week of Aug. 17 until after Labor Day. Blue Wave offered a consolidated set of responses to conditions before the next session.

In the full story:

• WORTHINGTON — July 14, 2026
• Tree hearing scheduling
• Select Board request for a search committee member
• The 190 Ridge Road hearing: background and structure
• Board of Health statement and Blue Wave response
• Planning Board questions: noise, cabling, decommissioning, geotechnical
• Public comment
• Stormwater
• Highway superintendent
• Continuation
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,151 words

Source: the Planning Board meeting of July 14, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.