by Mary Grow The month of May hosts two well-observed national holidays in the 21st-century United States: the second Sunday is Mother’s Day, and the last Monday is Memorial Day. There will be no story about Mother’s Day; it’s too new (but see the box). Nor will your writer trouble you with details about the […]
by Roland D. Hallee My wife has been trying to attract cardinals to our feeders at home for quite some time. Last Sunday she got her wish when a pair of cardinals came in search of food. First, the female showed herself by clinging to a feeding station. A couple of minutes later, the male […]
by Mary Grow When Vassalboro select board members and Town Manager Aaron Miller work on the questionnaire they intend to mail with the 2023-24 tax bills, planning board members would like to have three questions from them included. At their May 2 meeting, board members spent almost an hour winnowing member Douglas Phillips’ list of […]
by Mary Grow China select board members unanimously agreed to apply to join the Kennebec Valley Council of Governments Community Resilience Partnership, approving the first step at their May 8 meeting (see The Town Line, April 27, p. 8). The document they signed included a list of possible projects suggested by residents. Board member Janet […]
by Mary Grow The China select board’s May 8 public hearing on warrant articles for the June 13 town business meeting attracted a small audience – five residents – with an hour’s worth of questions and comments. The focus was on two issues: the meeting format, and the revised Board of Appeals Ordinance that is […]
by Mary Grow The three China Planning Board members at the April 25 meeting quickly, unanimously and with almost no discussion approved the Town of China’s application to add a storage vault to the town office building. The application for a conditional use permit was prepared by Keith Whitaker of B. R. Smith Associates (BRSA), […]
by Mary Grow By the April 27 Vassalboro select board meeting, Town Manager Aaron Miller had the warrant for the annual town meeting in almost-final form for board members’ review. The group discussed questions about some articles. Miller asked board members to review the draft one more time; he said the town attorney will also […]
by Mary Grow Olivia Kunesh from the Kennebec Valley Council of Governments (KVCOG) explained the state-wide Community Resilience Partnership (CRP) program at an April 24 meeting in China. The entire select board and another 10 or so residents attended the presentation, some in person at the town office and some participating virtually. Kunesh said the […]
by Mary Grow At their April 13 meeting, Vassalboro selectboard members and Town Manager Aaron Miller worked on the warrant for the June 5 and June 13 annual town meeting. Select board members concurred with the budget committee’s recommendation on one of the three appropriations articles on which the two boards disagreed after the April […]
by Mary Grow China Planning Board members’ review of Timothy O’Brien’s application to subdivide one lot in Killdeer Heights subdivision into four lots has been put off to their May 9 meeting. The review was to continue April 25, but on April 21 codes officer Nicholas French said surveyor Adam Ellis was still waiting for […]