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Municipal roundup: Hickory supervisors approve one, deny another solar project

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Hickory Township supervisors approved and denied separate solar energy facility projects during two special meetings this week.

The approved project, during a special meeting Monday, was from Bollinger Solar on 8.17 acres of vacant farmland owned by Lance and Megan Nimmo off of George Washington Road.

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