Town bans lights for Milky Way view

Carleton Bryant The Washington Times - November 30, 2008, 10:08AM

A town in Maine has banned the use of new outdoor lights so that people there can get a better view of the Milky Way, the Boston Globe is reporting.

Some residents are complaining that they need a better view of where they’re going at night. Town officials have responded with a new lighting program — daybreak.

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Carleton Bryant

Carleton Bryant is a senior editor at The Washington Times, where he oversees the National and Metropolitan desks. He also serves as the newsroom’s internship coordinator. He has served as an assistant managing editor; a National, Metropolitan and Features desk editor; an assistant National desk editor; and a reporter on the National and Metro desks.