by Mary Grow CHINA — With only three of the six China Planning Board members present at the Sept. 25 board meeting, decisions were postponed on both topics discussed. Codes Officer Paul Mitnik recommends asking voters to approve amendments to the Land Use Ordinance, some merely clarifications, others more substantive. Board members will consider his […]
by Mary Grow Communication was the theme at the Vassalboro selectmen’s Sept. 6 meeting, as board members talked with new Vassalboro School Superintendent Alan Pfeiffer and School Board Chairman Kevin Levasseur about better information-sharing between school and town officials and with Police Chief Mark Brown and audience members about Vassalboro’s law enforcement needs. Pfeiffer, newly-hired […]
by Mary Grow China selectmen’s decisions on bids for various projects around town will keep the town public works crew busy for the rest of the fall. At their Sept. 17 meeting, selectmen took two major actions. They accepted Bryce DeMerchant’s bid to dig a new Neck Road fire pond for $5,560, provided that the […]
by Mary Grow China Budget Committee members have unanimously endorsed three spending measures selectmen will present to voters on Nov. 6. Nov. 6 local voting includes elections and five referendum questions. The first two, which did not need action at the Sept. 5 Budget Committee meeting, ask if voters want to repeal China’s quorum ordinance […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro Planning Board members took about 10 minutes to approve the only application on their Sept. 4 agenda, commend the applicant for well-done paperwork and congratulate themselves on a record short meeting. David Tyrol has permission to tear down a two-story barn in the shoreland zone on his Dore Road property and […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro trash hauler Tom Richards attended the Aug. 23 Vassalboro selectmen’s meeting to ask what he should tell his customers about the future of recycling as the town waits for the new Fiberight trash facility, in Hampden, to open. Selectmen said tell them steady as you go until everyone figures out what’s […]
by Mary Grow Members of China’s Tax Increment Finance (TIF) Committee spent half their Aug. 27 meeting discussing again whether to recommend the town buy Susan Bailey’s land at the head of China Lake’s east basin. They agreed they lacked information to make a decision and set themselves a deadline for getting the information and […]
by Mary Grow China Town Manager Dennis Heath and the three selectmen who attended the Aug. 24 workshop meeting came up with five local referendum questions the board might put to voters on Nov. 6. No decisions were made at the meeting, except that Heath is to draft possible ballot questions. Selectmen will decide whether […]
by Mary Grow China Planning Board members have approved the necessary local permits for the new causeway bridge at the head of China Lake’s east basin. At the Aug. 14 board meeting, members of the Tax Increment Finance (TIF) Committee that is heading up the entire causeway project summarized the plan to replace the existing […]
by Mary Grow China selectmen have set the 2018-19 tax rate at 15.8 mils ($15.80 for each $1,000 of valuation), a decrease of 0.1 mil (or 10 cents per $1,000) from the 2017-18 rate. Town Clerk Rebecca Hapgood said after the decision at the Aug. 20 selectmen’s meeting she expects tax bills to be mailed […]