by Mary Grow The Oct. 28 China candidates’ forum at the China Village library gave the four candidates for three seats on the Board of Selectmen, plus retiring Selectman Neil Farrington, a chance to talk about their visions for the town’s future. After introductory statements, a question and answer session led to expanded answers and […]
Sabins says most of her job is running board meetings. With a board she describes as “mutually respectful, civil, able to disagree without being disagreeable,”
by Mary Grow At their Oct. 22 meeting, China Tax Increment Finance (TIF) Committee members finally put to rest the question of whether to recommend that voters buy Susan Bailey’s property near the head of China Lake’s east basin. Their decision: no. The property consists of a small parcel across Causeway Street from the boat […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro selectmen continued discussion of local law enforcement at their Oct. 18 meeting. The topic was first raised several meetings earlier by board member John Melrose. Melrose thinks calling the town’s policeman, currently Mark Brown, the police chief is misleading, because he is in charge of no other officers and works part-time, […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro School Board members continued information-sharing between town and school officials at their Oct. 16 meeting, inviting the board of selectmen – represented by John Melrose – to talk about mutually relevant issues. Now that the school is part of the town instead of in a regional school unit, selectmen think more […]
by Mary Grow Although only four of the six China Planning Board members were present at the Oct. 9 board meeting, they tackled multiple questions left undecided at their previous meeting because only three members were able to attend. The longest discussion was over an essentially procedural issue: after the board reviews an application for […]
by Mary Grow China selectmen have scheduled a public hearing on six Nov. 6 local ballot questions for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, in the town office meeting room. The questions ask if China voters want to: Repeal the Quorum Ordinance; Ask the Maine legislature for an exemption from the requirement that all municipalities collect […]
by Mary Grow At their Oct. 15 meeting, China selectmen approved spending more than voters authorized for two different town problems. They took the major over-expenditure, in the legal account, from the legal reserve fund set up for such situations, and the minor one from the $55,000 contingency fund voters gave them at the March […]
by Mary Grow VASSALBORO — Relations among major Vassalboro town departments seem to be running smoothly, according to an Oct. 4 discussion of public safety and law enforcement issues and communication between town and school officials. The exception, perhaps a minor one, is a potential change in the services that dispatch emergency personnel. Currently, Vassalboro […]
by Mary Grow The five (out of seven) China Budget Committee members at a special Sept. 26 meeting unanimously accepted Town Manager Dennis Heath’s proposal that the committee assume an advisory role in town investment decisions. Part of the draft financial policy Heath has developed says that town funds will be invested as recommended by […]