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Wind turbine blades rest on the ground with finished turbines in the background in the town of Clinton. Noble has completed six of the 121 turbines. All are expected to be done in six to eight months. For more wind turbine photos visit the galleries at www.pressrepublican.com.
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One of the finished wind turbines, with a 265-foot tower, as seen from the base. It is estimated that each tower can power about 500 homes.
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Additional photos of the wind turbines in Clinton.
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Additional photos of the wind turbines in Clinton.
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Additional photos of the wind turbines in Clinton.
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LaBarre's Market on Route 11 in Ellenburg Corners is a bit removed from the construction, but owner Greg LaBarre says his store is busier nonetheless.

"Probably not as much as we thought," he said.

But the truckers serving the project are paid by the load, and LaBarre guesses that discourages them from taking time out for meals at the store. Once they do, though, they tend to be repeat customers, he said. And with Marble River Wind Farm yet to get rolling with a proposed 21 turbines in Ellenburg and 88 in Clinton, business can only get better, the storekeeper said.

"We might get a lot of their guys."

The wind projects, he added, "are a good thing all around."

"They have brought a life, probably, to the town of Clinton," said Virginia Brown McCauley, sitting in the kitchen of her Ryan Road farmhouse. "A positive life."

Underscoring her words was the faint, rhythmic beeping of construction equipment in the fields behind the house, where turbines rise skyward. The work has brought more traffic to Ryan Road, the woman said, but she doesn't mind.

"We were laughing (about it)," said McCauley, whose primary home is in Duchess County. "It's like a boulevard here now.

Before, she added, "it was almost too quiet."

POSITIVE EXPERIENCE

McCauley granted easements to Noble for the turbines on her land, and that, she said, has proved a good experience.

"They do communicate with the landowner. I actually had a say (within limits) as to where the towers would go."

Evidence of positive relations with Noble shows up and down Ryan Road. Bumper stickers touting the firm abound. Residents answer the door in Noble T-shirts and ball caps.

A green and white windsock with the Noble insignia hangs from Shirley and William Cole's porch railing, and a gleaming white behemoth is growing on their land in back.

"We were the first on the list," Mrs. Cole said.

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