by Mary Grow Resident Albert Ferland was welcomed at the June 11 Vassalboro School Board meeting, as he urged board members and school administrators to do something about the traffic congestion weekday afternoons when parents come to pick up their children at Vassalboro Community School. Board members and school officials have been concerned about the […]
by Mary Grow China Planning Board members held a very brief June 10 meeting to prepare for ordinance discussions, to start at their June 24 meeting. First priority is a new ordinance to regulate high impact transmission lines through town. In November 2024 voters approved a moratorium on such developments, to give the board time […]
by Mary Grow At their June 10 meeting, China Transfer Station Committee members started what is planned as an ongoing discussion of the future of the facility. They had been invited beforehand to consider three issues: plans for the next five years, potential improvements and “one really great thing about our transfer station.” The “really […]
by Mary Grow China select board members were presented with two different traffic problems at their June 16 meeting, and took preliminary steps toward solving both. Seven residents of Danforth, Dutton and Pleasant View Ridge roads attended the meeting in person, another zoomed in and more sent emails, all urging a lower speed limit on […]
by Mary Grow At their June 2 meeting, China select board members unanimously approved China Rescue Unit’s request to buy a second-hand ambulance. Benjamin Loubier, from China Rescue, explained that the unit recently received a $50,000 state grant, with no local match required, which can be used for equipment. Members found a used four-wheel-drive 2013 […]
by Mary Grow On May 15, this series profiled three 19th-century China lawyers, Abisha Benson (practiced in China Village in the 1820s); Alfred Fletcher (born in 1817 or 1818, practiced in China, probably China Village, died in 1868); and Sanford Kingsbury (born in 1782, probably practiced in the southern part of China [given connections with […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro select board members’ June 5 meeting featured an update on planned enlargement of the fishway at the Webber Pond outlet dam from Matt Streeter, of Maine Rivers. Streeter previously reported to board members in February and March, when he explained that closing Dam Road between Webber Pond Road and the southwest […]
by Mary Grow At the polls on June 10, Vassalboro voters filled local offices and endorsed the 2025-26 school budget approved at the June 2 portion of their annual town meeting. Those re-elected or elected are: — For the select board for three years, incumbent Frederick “Rick” Denico, Jr., with 207 votes. — For the […]
by Mary Grow The small number of China voters who came to the polls on June 10 approved all ballot questions presented. A 34-article annual town business meeting ballot authorized town government funding and various select board actions for the 2025-26 fiscal year, plus repealing two ordinances and amending two others. Town Clerk Angela Nelson’s […]
by Mary Grow Before proceeding to the history of the Augusta jail, your writer wants to clarify a sentence from last week’s article. It referenced Wikipedia’s statement that after Augusta became a city (instead of a town) in 1849, “Its early city offices were in the Opera House, and meetings took place in Winthrop […]