Entries by Mary Grow

EVENTS: China appeals board

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.

China select board adopts new pet rules

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 […]

Vassalboro school safety dominates school board meeting

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 […]

Vassalboro select board rules on two cannabis appeals

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 […]

China appeals board postpones decision on lot size

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, […]