Entries by Mary Grow

Up and Down the Kennebec Valley: Small town lawyers

by Mary Grow While looking for information for the previous articles on Maine’s legal and court systems and people who made them work, your writer came across related information that falls under two headings, people and buildings. The limited research this series rests on found bits and pieces of information about some items. Others remain […]

China transfer committee members present list of goals

by Mary Grow China’s Transfer Station Committee members put revisions to the 2021 vision statement for the facility in near-final form at their April 8 meeting. The single-page document is a list of goals. Much of the discussion was about how to help China residents, and those in Palermo who use China’s facility, realize how […]

CHINA: No new ordinance changes proposed for June 10 town meeting

by Mary Grow China Planning Board members devoted their April 8 meeting to review of town ordinances, with references to the town comprehensive plan. They decided a joint meeting with China’s comprehensive plan implementation committee would be a useful next step; chairman Toni Wall will invite that committee’s members to the May 13 planning board […]

Vassalboro planners give approval to Novel Energy’s planned solar farm

by Mary Grow Vassalboro Planning Board members approved Novel Energy’s planned community solar farm, at 2235 Riverside Drive, at their April 7 special meeting, despite last-minute surprises from neighbors (see the April 10 issue of The Town Line, p. 9). Novel representative Ralph Addonizio brought the additional information board members requested at their April 1 […]

Vassalboro plans being set for June town meeting

by Mary Grow Vassalboro select board members discussed multiple on-going issues at their April 3 meeting, many related to plans for the June 2 and June 10 annual town meeting. The only decision they made settled one long-discussed issue. Unanimously, board members voted to sell part of the tax-acquired property on Lombard Dam Road “back […]