by Mary Grow Last week’s article summarized part of the origin of Maine’s court system, including the 1820 creation of the state Supreme Court. The next level below the Supreme Court, according to William Penn Whitehouse’s information in Henry Kingsbury’s 1892 Kennebec County history, was the court of common pleas. As related last week, courts […]
by Mary Grow China Road Committee members discussed several town roads, ways to improve them and related issues at an hour-and-a-half long March 25 meeting. Their conclusions will become recommendations to the select board as that group considers the 2025-26 road budget. Committee members had as background information a list of roads paved or – […]
by Mary Grow China Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Committee members reviewed all 13 applications on their March 26 agenda. They fully approved 11. Committee members had no objections to the other two proposals, but they could not fit one into TIF criteria, and reduced the other due to competing needs. The rejected application was from […]
by Mary Grow China Planning Board members spent most of their March 25 meeting arguing over whether to propose allowing cluster developments in town. Chapter Three of the current Land Development Code prohibits them. One point of contention was whether “cluster development” is the proper name. A recognized alternative is “open space subdivision.” In a […]
March 18 meeting by Mary Grow Vassalboro Budget Committee members began their first 2025 meeting on March 18 by re-electing Peggy Schaffer committee chairman. Town Manager Aaron Miller summarized some of the budget highlights, and Vassalboro Historical Society members explained part of their request. Committee members then reviewed the first nine accounts on their budget […]
by Mary Grow One of the chapters in Henry Kingsbury’s 1892 Kennebec County history is about the courts. The next chapter is titled The Kennebec Bar and names members of the Kennebec Bar who practiced as lawyers and/or held judgeships or other legal positions. The following articles in this subseries will talk about the legal […]
by Mary Grow Money was a main topic at the March 24 China select board meeting in several different ways, from fairly big items (including review of budget committee recommendations related to the June 10 town business meeting warrant and proposed future expenditures) to the price of trash bags for Palermo residents using China’s transfer […]
by Mary Grow During a short March 17 meeting, Vassalboro Cemetery Committee members decided the survey of trees in the Nelson Road Cemetery should be redone before the town seeks a contractor to take down any of them. Committee member David Jenney said after previous discussions with cemetery committee and conservation commission members, Timothy Basham, […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro select board members began their March 20 meeting with a short discussion of the town recreation program, since resident Michael Phelps had attended the meeting to hear about it. Now that Community Program Director Karen Stankis has resigned, town officials are pondering whether to continue the program they approved in 2022, […]
by Mary Grow At their March 20 meeting, Vassalboro transfer station task force members decided on new instructions for engineer Jeff Senders that they expect will give them a revised plan for a safer facility. The group, with select board members and transfer station staff, have talked for several years about redesigning the Lombard Dam […]