by Mary Grow China’s Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Committee voted unanimously at a Sept. 11 meeting to recommend that selectmen award a contract for preliminary engineering work for a new causeway bridge to Wright-Pierce Engineering, an East coast firm with Maine offices in Topsham and Portland. Replacing the current bridge at the head of China […]
by Mary Grow At their Sept. 5 meeting, Vassalboro Planning Board members used their revised shoreland zoning ordinance for the second time since the June town meeting, approving an application to enlarge a camp at 138 Park Lane on Three Mile Pond. Donald and Linda Lathrop got approval at the board’s August meeting to put […]
by Mary Grow At their Aug. 22 meeting, China Planning Board members unanimously approved Troy Bulmer’s application to turn a large garage on his property at 151 Dirigo Road into a storage facility for motorcycles, jet-skis, boats and similar seasonal motorized items. His plan, Bulmer told board members, is that people will bring in their […]
by Mary Grow China selectmen have unanimously approved a 2017-18 tax rate of 15.9 mils, or $15.90 for each $1,000 of valuation, an increase of 40 cents per $1,000 over last year’s rate. Town Manager Daniel L’Heureux said at the board’s Aug. 21 meeting the main reason for the increase is lower state funding for […]
by Mary Grow The China Board of Appeals, on a split vote, decided Aug. 17 that Codes Officer Paul Mitnik should have required Parris and Catherine Varney to stop hosting gatherings in their Neck Road barn until they get a town permit. The decision was supported by board members Virginia Davis, Lisa Kane, Anthony Pileggi […]
by Mary Grow China selectmen and representatives of the South China Volunteer Fire Department spent part for the Aug. 7 selectmen’s meeting sorting out auditing requirements, with specific reference to the importance of the transition from one fiscal year to the next. China’s fiscal year ends June 30 and the new one – 2017-18 currently […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro selectmen have set the 2017-18 tax rate at 14.55 mils, or $14.55 for each $1,000 of valuation, an increase of 50 cents per $1,000 over the 2016-17 rate. Town Manager Mary Sabins told board members at their Aug. 10 meeting the 14.55 mil figure is the lowest recommended by assessor Ellery […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro Planning Board members spent two hours Aug. 1 approving three applications that were on their agenda and one that wasn’t. Richard Behr’s application to amend the plan of a subdivision off Riverside Drive has been on previous agendas, when Behr did not have a complete plan. It was not on the […]
by Mary Grow China Codes Officer Paul Mitnik recommended and selectmen, at their July 24 meeting, accepted guidelines for monetary penalties for ignoring the state’s Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code (MUBEC) requirements. Mitnik’s major problem – which he said is infrequent – is that contractors or homeowners fail to call him for the inspections […]
by Mary Grow At their July 11 meeting, Vassalboro Planning Board members tried out the revised Shoreland Zoning Ordinance voters accepted at the June town meeting. They were able to approve two applications and tell one couple an application for additional work would probably be acceptable. The change most relevant to the July 11 applications […]