by Mary Grow At their Sept. 5 meeting, Vassalboro select board members approved three questions for a Nov. 5 local referendum ballot, on three different topics. One question asks Vassalboro voters to authorize using already-available funds to contribute toward replacing the Dunlap bridge on Mill Hill Road. A second asks voters to amend the town’s […]
by Mary Grow The five China Budget Committee members at the Sept. 3 meeting unanimously endorsed the 56-page Third Amended Central Maine Power/China Lake Tax Increment Financing District and Development Program, which will be on the Nov. 5 ballot for voters’ action. Town Manager Rebecca Hapgood summarized the changes from the second amendment, approved in […]
by Mary Grow China’s local elections will feature a contest for select board; an unopposed budget committee candidate; and four positions to be filled by write-in candidates. After nomination papers were returned Sept. 6 and signatures verified, the results that town Manager Rebecca Hapgood shared with select board members Sept. 9 are: — For three […]
by Mary Grow The four China select board members at the Sept. 9 meeting quickly and unanimously approved two business items on their agenda, a revised solid waste agreement with Palermo and a fire truck purchase by the Weeks Mills volunteer fire department. The solid waste agreement changes were worked out primarily by China Town […]
by Gary Kennedy Well, here we are again, Labor Day September 2, and for many Mainers the beginning of another season. Children begin another school year while mama makes all the necessary preparation for all the coming events. Dad starts thinking about wrapping up the home in preparation of whatever the Farmer’s Almanac has extrapolated […]
by Mary Grow At the polls on Nov. 5, China voters will be asked to approve amendments to two sections of China’s Land Development Code and to the development district map. The Aug. 20 planning board public hearing, intended to answer voters’ questions and collect their comments on the changes, almost certainly set several records. […]
by Mary Grow At their Aug. 26 meeting, China select board members approved the final version of a Nov. 5 local ballot that will include asking voters to adopt or reject several documents. In a series of unanimous votes, board members approved asking for voters’ action on: — A “High-Impact Electric Transmission Line Moratorium Ordinance” […]
by Mary Grow Part III (See Part I here, and Part II here.) Previous articles in this series have mentioned two other early Sidney families who intermarried with Bacons and Faughts, the Lovejoys and Marshes. This article will provide more information about both. The first Lovejoy in Sidney is named Abial (in the on-line source […]
by Mary Grow Members of China’s Tax Increment Financing Committee were pleased to learn that the new China tax rate will bring the TIF program over $44,000 more in 2024-25 revenue than they had anticipated. After discussion at their Aug. 19 meeting, they decided to start setting aside money for a new project, improving parking […]
by Mary Grow Members of China’s Transfer Station Committee and station manager Thomas Maraggio discussed plans for continued improvements at their Aug. 13 meeting. An ongoing issue is items for which the station charges a fee, because it costs the town extra to get rid of them. The list (which is on the town website, […]