by Mary Grow China’s Thurston Park Committee meets at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, May 18, at the park. The main purpose of the meeting, chairman Jeanette Smith said, is to determine what maintenance is needed in preparation for Erskine Academy’s Day of Caring work day on Friday, May 19, and the annual Spring Work Day in […]
by Mary Grow China select board members will hold a second public hearing on the proposed changes in the Board of Appeals section in the Land Use Ordinance (see The Town Line, May 11, p. 2) before their May 22 meeting. Town Manager Rebecca Hapgood explained in an email after the May 8 board meeting […]
by Mary Grow China transfer station committee members pondered two questions at their May 9 meeting: how to make a second regional household hazardous waste day as successful as the one April 22 (if China hosts one again); and how to continue to reduce the number of unauthorized transfer station users. A regional household hazardous […]
by Mary Grow The month of May hosts two well-observed national holidays in the 21st-century United States: the second Sunday is Mother’s Day, and the last Monday is Memorial Day. There will be no story about Mother’s Day; it’s too new (but see the box). Nor will your writer trouble you with details about the […]
by Roland D. Hallee My wife has been trying to attract cardinals to our feeders at home for quite some time. Last Sunday she got her wish when a pair of cardinals came in search of food. First, the female showed herself by clinging to a feeding station. A couple of minutes later, the male […]
by Mary Grow When Vassalboro select board members and Town Manager Aaron Miller work on the questionnaire they intend to mail with the 2023-24 tax bills, planning board members would like to have three questions from them included. At their May 2 meeting, board members spent almost an hour winnowing member Douglas Phillips’ list of […]
by Mary Grow China select board members unanimously agreed to apply to join the Kennebec Valley Council of Governments Community Resilience Partnership, approving the first step at their May 8 meeting (see The Town Line, April 27, p. 8). The document they signed included a list of possible projects suggested by residents. Board member Janet […]
by Mary Grow The China select board’s May 8 public hearing on warrant articles for the June 13 town business meeting attracted a small audience – five residents – with an hour’s worth of questions and comments. The focus was on two issues: the meeting format, and the revised Board of Appeals Ordinance that is […]
by Mary Grow The three China Planning Board members at the April 25 meeting quickly, unanimously and with almost no discussion approved the Town of China’s application to add a storage vault to the town office building. The application for a conditional use permit was prepared by Keith Whitaker of B. R. Smith Associates (BRSA), […]
by Mary Grow By the April 27 Vassalboro select board meeting, Town Manager Aaron Miller had the warrant for the annual town meeting in almost-final form for board members’ review. The group discussed questions about some articles. Miller asked board members to review the draft one more time; he said the town attorney will also […]