by Mary Grow Last week’s article was about ponds in Windsor that were named after people who settled or lived near them. According to Henry Kingsbury’s 1892 Kennebec County history and Linwood Lowden’s 1993 Windsor history, several streams or brooks were also named in recognition of early residents. Dearborn Brook is the newer name of […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro school board members got an introduction to some small pieces of the 2024-25 school budget at their Feb. 13 meeting. There will be more budget discussion at future meetings. The Feb. 13 agenda included presentations from: — Finance director Paula Pooler on three accounts, a $500 one that will remain the […]
by Mary Grow At their Feb. 13 meeting, China planning board members heard preliminary plans for a community solar farm in a gravel pit off Windsor Road (Route 32 South) and, as expected, denied an application to convert a building on China Village’s Main Street to apartments. The solar development is proposed by Perennial Sand […]
by Mary Grow China transfer station committee members, including Palermo representative Robert Kurek, had an amicable discussion at their Feb. 13 meeting, even though one of the topics was whether Palermo residents will continue to have access to the China facility. As Kurek, China Town Manager Rebecca Hapgood and committee members summarized the situation, the […]
by Mary Grow A suggestion to readers: this story will be easier to follow if you have a map of Windsor, Maine. Do not believe everything you see, however; your writer noted discrepancies between on-line maps and official tax maps of Windsor and its neighboring towns. Two Kennebec County atlases, published in 1856 and 1879, […]
by Mary Grow China select board members spent much of their Feb. 12 meeting going over the draft 2024-25 municipal budget. They gave Town Manager Rebecca Hapgood questions and comments about proposed expenditures, but made no decisions. Before and after the budget review, board members considered other issues, voting on several. Board chairman Wayne Chadwick […]
by Mary Grow It’s official: Vassalboro’s new town park on Outlet Stream and Route 32, a bit north of East Vassalboro village, is named Eagle Park. Select board members made the decision unanimously at their Feb. 8 meeting, at the request of conservation commission chairman Holly Weidner. Weidner told them a Boy Scout intends to […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro planning board members discussed three very different issues at their Feb. 6 meeting, none needing a yes or no decision. — The consideration of a new state law might lead to recommended amendments to town ordinances, which would need voter approval. — An application for a commercial solar development is unlikely […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro select board members began review of the draft 2024-25 town budget, prepared by Town Manager Aaron Miller, at a Feb. 6 meeting that lasted almost three hours. They continued discussion for an hour before their regular Feb. 8 meeting. Miller’s first draft totaled close to $3.9 million, and represented an increase […]
by Mary Grow A small pond shared between Albion and its southern neighbor, China, has been known as Dutton Pond for as long as your writer has lived in China. But the map of China in the 1856 and 1879 atlases of Kennebec County names it Pickerel Pond. Pickerel/Dutton Pond is on the north side […]