by Mary Grow The lawyers discussed in this series earlier this spring were undoubtedly important in the lives of European settlers in the central Kennebec Valley. Before the lawyers, and equally if not more important, were another group of professional men: the surveyors. Several surveyors’ names appear in 18th-century records, usually because the men were […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro Conservation Commission members spent most of their June 11 meeting discussing the two parks they supervise, Monument Park, in East Vassalboro at the China Lake outlet, and Eagle Park, on Route 32, north of East Vassalboro. For Monument Park, they agreed on committee member Steve Jones’ earlier suggestion of adding a […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro Cemetery Committee members have another item on their maintenance list, after their June 16 meeting. They were already planning the summer’s work, to include stonework by Joseph Ferrannini from July 10 through July 13 in the North Vassalboro cemetery and tree removal in the Nelson Road and Farwell-Brown cemeteries. Select board […]
by Mary Grow This article will return to the history of a series of buildings, more cheerful than the Augusta jail(s) described in the June 5 story: Waterville’s town hall that became a city hall that was – and still is – combined with a large gathering space called an opera house. As with the […]
by Mary Grow Resident Albert Ferland was welcomed at the June 11 Vassalboro School Board meeting, as he urged board members and school administrators to do something about the traffic congestion weekday afternoons when parents come to pick up their children at Vassalboro Community School. Board members and school officials have been concerned about the […]
by Mary Grow China Planning Board members held a very brief June 10 meeting to prepare for ordinance discussions, to start at their June 24 meeting. First priority is a new ordinance to regulate high impact transmission lines through town. In November 2024 voters approved a moratorium on such developments, to give the board time […]
by Mary Grow At their June 10 meeting, China Transfer Station Committee members started what is planned as an ongoing discussion of the future of the facility. They had been invited beforehand to consider three issues: plans for the next five years, potential improvements and “one really great thing about our transfer station.” The “really […]
by Mary Grow China select board members were presented with two different traffic problems at their June 16 meeting, and took preliminary steps toward solving both. Seven residents of Danforth, Dutton and Pleasant View Ridge roads attended the meeting in person, another zoomed in and more sent emails, all urging a lower speed limit on […]
by Mary Grow At their June 2 meeting, China select board members unanimously approved China Rescue Unit’s request to buy a second-hand ambulance. Benjamin Loubier, from China Rescue, explained that the unit recently received a $50,000 state grant, with no local match required, which can be used for equipment. Members found a used four-wheel-drive 2013 […]
by Mary Grow On May 15, this series profiled three 19th-century China lawyers, Abisha Benson (practiced in China Village in the 1820s); Alfred Fletcher (born in 1817 or 1818, practiced in China, probably China Village, died in 1868); and Sanford Kingsbury (born in 1782, probably practiced in the southern part of China [given connections with […]