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 […]
by Mary Grow As anticipated, Vassalboro selectmen have set the 2018-19 tax rate at 0.01545 mils, or $15.45 for each $1,000 of valuation. The new rate is an increase of 90 cents per $1,000 of valuation over the 2017-18 rate. At the Aug. 6 special selectmen’s meeting, Town Manager Mary Sabins said she expects tax […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro Planning Board members have approved the town’s first medical marijuana storefront, in one end of the ABC storage building on Route 3. Board members also had two shoreland applications on their Aug. 7 agenda. They approved one and tabled the other for more information.Bryan Moore and Wendy Ostrow explained their plan […]
by Mary Grow Starting this fall, the China transfer station will be open five days a week, from Tuesday through Saturday, instead of the current four days. At their Aug. 6 meeting, selectmen approved a new schedule under which the facility will be open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays; from […]
by Mary Grow China Planning board members approved the only application on their July 24 agenda, giving Judith McCormack permission to re-use the former diesel truck facility at 1144 Route 3 as a residence, office space, a farmers’ market and a flea market. McCormack said she plans to live on the second floor, which has […]
by Mary Grow China Selectman and Broadband Committee member Neil Farrington presented an outline of his proposal to increase tower-based broadband coverage around China Lake’s east basin to the TIF (Tax Increment Finance) Committee at its July 30 meeting. The reception was mixed. The Broadband Committee has worked with Hussey Communications to experiment with adding […]
by Mary Grow China selectmen spent much of their July 23 meeting discussing the Tax Increment Finance Committee’s causeway project, which consists of replacing the bridge at the head of China Lake’s east basin and, as phase two, improving the boat landing and access to the lake. Additional parking is a prerequisite for state improvements […]