by Mary Grow An address at the Vassalboro Historical Society On Sunday afternoon, June 18, Joann Clark Austin, of South China, a semi-retired lawyer and self-described “fifth-generation China Quaker,” spoke on the local history of Quakerism at the Vassalboro Historical Society. An Englishman named George Fox (July 1624 – Jan. 13, 1691) founded what became […]
by Mary Grow China Planning Board members have scheduled June 27 public hearings on two applications for self-storage buildings on Route 3. The applications, from Chris Harris and Lucas Adams, were on their June 15 agenda. Harris plans a 40-by-100-foot, 28-unit building at 623 Route 3, beside Central Church (the church’s address is 627 Route […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro planning board members approved both site review applications on their June 6 agenda. Kassandra Lopes has a permit to run a retail store in one of two existing buildings Raymond Breton owns on the east side of Main Street, in North Vassalboro; and the Oak Grove School Foundation has a permit […]
by Mary Grow The earliest settlers in the Kennebec Valley, as elsewhere in New England, were for the most part able-bodied and self-supporting. But within a generation or two, a settlement would be likely to have residents who were unable to support themselves. Some might be physically or mentally disabled. Older people might lose their […]
Vassalboro balloting by Mary Grow Vassalboro Town Clerk Cathy Coyne reported the following results from the polls on June 13: Vassalboro’s amended Site Review Ordinance, adding a chapter on commercial solar development and making other changes, was approved by a vote of 137 in favor to 44 opposed. The 2023-24 school budget approved at the […]
by Mary Grow China transfer station committee members held another long and lively discussion at their June 6 meeting about the best way to make sure only people entitled to use the town’s transfer station do so. The eligible people are residents of China and Palermo. China taxpayers support the facility; Palermo, by contract, sends […]
by Mary Grow China select board members’ main discussion topics at their June 5 meeting were how members of other major town boards should be chosen and how two sections of town road should be repaved. Town Manager Rebecca Hapgood raised the first topic as an offshoot of board members’ review of proposed changes to […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro select board members discussed a variety of items at their June 8 meeting, the last for retiring board chairman Barbara Redmond. Senior board member Chris French thanked Redmond for her service, to applause from the audience in the town office meeting room. Redmond expressed her appreciation to the town’s “small, small […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro’s annual town meeting did not end after voters acted on 38 articles Monday evening, June 5. They have two written ballots on Tuesday, June 13, with polls open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the town office. One ballot is for local elections, for one member of the select board […]
by Mary Grow China voters will conduct their 2023 annual town business meeting by written ballot on Tuesday, June 13, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., in the former portable classroom behind the town office on Lakeview Drive. The local warrant has 32 articles. On a separate Regional School Unit #18 ballot, […]