by Mary Grow China TIF (Tax Increment Finance) Committee members held a short Feb. 25 meeting, with decisions made on two agenda items and absences blocking progress on two others. By unanimous votes, committee members: Authorized Town Manager Dennis Heath to request that selectmen make an offer to Susan Bailey for the small piece of […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro selectmen wrestled with the 2019-2020 municipal budget for three hours at their Feb. 21 meeting. They concluded they were ready to forward it to the budget committee, whose members will review the selectmen’s figures before a final budget goes to voters at the annual town meeting in June. The first budget […]
by Mary Grow China selectmen put a 31-article warrant for the April 6 town business meeting in final form at their Feb. 19 meeting, though Town Manager Dennis Heath made a couple of minor wording changes after the meeting. The town meeting opens at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 6, at China Middle School. At 8:50 […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro School Board members began review of the preliminary 2019-2020 school budget at their Feb. 12 meeting, despite missing several major pieces. Superintendent Alan Pfeiffer, Principal Megan Allen and personnel from what used to be the Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) #92 office presented four budget categories: athletics, special services, district technology and […]
by Mary Grow Three of the residents who attended the Vassalboro selectmen’s Feb. 7 meeting brought specific requests; others came to catch up with local business. Selectmen unanimously approved two requests, with qualifications, and refused to act on one. Holly Weidner, a member of the informal East Vassalboro Village Area Association, asked that the speed […]
by Mary Grow China selectmen completed their work on the warrant for the April 6 town business meeting at a Feb. 5 budget workshop, giving Town Manager Dennis Heath the direction he needed to draft the document. Heath quickly came up with a 29-article draft warrant. The first two articles ask voters to elect a […]
by Mary Grow China Budget Committee members agree with the board of selectmen on all but two of the money-related articles in the warrant for the April 6 town business meeting. At a Feb. 11 meeting, the six members present voted unanimously to support most proposed expenditures, including the major ones for the town administration, […]
by Mary Grow With no members of the public present, the China Planning Board’s Jan. 29 public hearing on proposed ordinance amendments did not last long. Since they did not need to explain the changes, board members discussed them among themselves, making one final adjustment to wording, and unanimously forwarded them to China selectmen with […]
by Mary Grow Town Clerk Rebecca Hapgood had three messages for residents and selectmen at the Feb. 4 selectmen’s meeting. One was a reminder that any group that has not submitted its fiscal year 2017-18 report to be included in the 2018 town report needs to do so immediately. Another was that dog licenses have […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro selectmen spent much of their Jan. 24 meeting talking about trash disposal, making decisions that will impact residents and local trash haulers. They began the evening with plans to sign a single-sort recycling contract and put out a request for bids for hauling recyclables and mixed waste, separately. By the end […]