William J. Kemble reports in the Daily Freeman that the town board of Woodstock, not the Federal Communications Commission, holds a Nov. 22 public hearing on the safety and effectiveness of fifth generation of wireless phone services. “As we look forward, we’re faced with these smaller…micro antennas,” Supervisor Bill McKenna said. The 5G cell service is being used throughout the world for faster results, and instead of a few large antennae beaming signals from large towers, 5G service comes with many more small antennae on church steeples, light poles, and town hall buildings. “(Carriers) are going to put them in places that are more populated and work out (to less populated) areas. This doesn’t ban anything but it ensures to the people of Woodstock that their feelings are taken into account and … they’re not going to see one of these looking in their window,” McKenna said. The proposed regulations seem to take into account the myth that 5G signals are somehow dangerous, even though they are being used safely around the world. “If it is anticipated that more than one carrier … is to install transmitters … the (Federal Communications Commission) compliance report shall take into account anticipated exposure from all users on the facility and indicate whether or not the combined exposure levels will or will not exceed the permissible general population exposure limits,” the proposal says. The public hearing is scheduled for 7:20 p.m. Nov. 22 in the town offices on Comeau Drive. Read the full story in the Daily Freeman.