by Mary Grow This sub-series started out to explore the effects of the American Revolution on Kennebec Valley towns, and turned into short biographies of some of the veterans who moved to the area after the war. In other words, one effect was an increase in population. Not every veteran got his name in the […]
by Mary Grow The China Board of Appeals meeting scheduled for Thursday afternoon, Oct. 23, to continue discussion of Timothy Theriault’s application for a variance has been canceled. A new date will be set and announced.
by Mary Grow China select board members unanimously adopted a new Pet Policy for Municipal Properties, prepared for their Oct. 20 meeting by Town Manager Rebecca Hapgood. Hapgood explained that pets have never been allowed in certain places and situations, for example, on town ballfields during games. The new policy codifies restrictions. It applies to […]
by Mary Grow School safety dominated discussion at the Oct. 14 Vassalboro School Board meeting, from two different perspectives. The meeting began with consideration of the possibility of adding a school resource officer; and later, several parents raised questions and concerns about how serious a September incident was, and how school personnel handled it. The […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro Conservation Commission members spent most of their Oct. 15 meeting discussing their responsibilities as stewards of Monument Park and Eagle Park, on Route 32 (Main Street), in and just north of East Vassalboro Village. For Monument Park, they decided to ask the select board about applying for a Grow Grant to […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro select board members spent the first 90 minutes of their Oct. 16 meeting hearing an appeal from codes officer Eric Currie’s denials of two marijuana – now called cannabis – business license renewals. They upheld the appellants on one and postponed a decision on the other. The properties involved are two […]
by Mary Grow Other towns included in this series that are in the Kennebec Valley, but lack direct access to the Kennebec River, are Albion, China, Palermo and Windsor. These towns’ earliest known settlers came later than the first settlers along the Kennebec. As a result, few if any men already living in these towns […]
by Mary Grow China Board of Appeals members, for the second week in a row, postponed a decision on Timothy Theriault’s request for a variance from lot size requirements. At their Oct. 2 meeting, board members found they needed more information on Theriault’s two lots on Lakeview Drive and the east shore of China Lake, […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro Board of Appeals members, meeting Oct. 9, postponed action on an appeal of a road name until they have time to publicize the required public hearing. They scheduled the hearing for 4 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 23, in the town office meeting room. Last spring, town codes officer Eric Currie approved the […]
by Mary Grow Monica Stanton, operator of the Rage Room, in North Vassalboro, got instructions on filing a complete application for her business at the Oct. 7 Vassalboro Planning Board meeting. Stanton has been running the Rage Room, where people come to express anger destructively but without harming others, since summer, without a town permit. […]