by Mary Grow Olivia Kunesh from the Kennebec Valley Council of Governments (KVCOG) explained the state-wide Community Resilience Partnership (CRP) program at an April 24 meeting in China. The entire select board and another 10 or so residents attended the presentation, some in person at the town office and some participating virtually. Kunesh said the […]
by Mary Grow At their April 13 meeting, Vassalboro selectboard members and Town Manager Aaron Miller worked on the warrant for the June 5 and June 13 annual town meeting. Select board members concurred with the budget committee’s recommendation on one of the three appropriations articles on which the two boards disagreed after the April […]
by Mary Grow China Planning Board members’ review of Timothy O’Brien’s application to subdivide one lot in Killdeer Heights subdivision into four lots has been put off to their May 9 meeting. The review was to continue April 25, but on April 21 codes officer Nicholas French said surveyor Adam Ellis was still waiting for […]
by Mary Grow Transfer station staffer Cheyenne “CJ” Houle reported on several projects she is working on. The one completed at the end of March was getting the water at the transfer station tested: it is potable, Houle reported. However, it still has an unpleasant odor that she and Director of Public Services Shawn Reed […]
by Mary Grow By the end of their April 24 meeting, China select board members had a public hearing scheduled for each of their May meetings. The Monday, May 8, meeting will be preceded by a 6 p.m. public hearing on warrant articles for the June 13 annual town business meeting. The June 13 voting […]
by Mary Grow At a short April 11 meeting, Vassalboro School Board members talked about the 2023-24 school calendar, without making a final decision, and accepted two more staff changes. The calendar issue was how to provide teaching staff with more professional days, time without students to work together, school-wide and in groups by grade […]
by Mary Grow At their April 11 meeting, Vassalboro Budget Committee members recommended town voters approve the 2023-24 school budget as presented by the school board. They also endorsed most of the municipal budget recommendations, differing from the select board on three issues. Select Board Chair Barbara Redmond said select board members would consider the […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro School board members met earlier than usual April 6 to give preliminary approval to the 2023-24 school budget request, amended slightly from the draft they’d reviewed March 29 (see the April 6 issue of The Town Line, p. 2). They then met with the Vassalboro Budget Committee to present the proposed […]
by Mary Grow With only one application on their agenda, and the proposed – and long-discussed – solar ordinance forwarded to the select board, Vassalboro Planning Board members had time to consider broader issues at their April 4 meeting. The application was from Duane Ellis, seeking to expand his building at 27 Birch Point Road, […]
by Mary Grow Early in a series of unanimous decisions at their April 10 meeting, China select board members approved the final version of the warrant for the June 13 town business meeting. The warrant has 32 articles. The one they did not previously approve asks voters to appropriate up to $43,000 from unassigned fund […]