by Mary Grow Transfer station staffer Cheyenne “CJ” Houle reported on several projects she is working on. The one completed at the end of March was getting the water at the transfer station tested: it is potable, Houle reported. However, it still has an unpleasant odor that she and Director of Public Services Shawn Reed […]
by Mary Grow By the end of their April 24 meeting, China select board members had a public hearing scheduled for each of their May meetings. The Monday, May 8, meeting will be preceded by a 6 p.m. public hearing on warrant articles for the June 13 annual town business meeting. The June 13 voting […]
by Mary Grow At a short April 11 meeting, Vassalboro School Board members talked about the 2023-24 school calendar, without making a final decision, and accepted two more staff changes. The calendar issue was how to provide teaching staff with more professional days, time without students to work together, school-wide and in groups by grade […]
by Mary Grow At their April 11 meeting, Vassalboro Budget Committee members recommended town voters approve the 2023-24 school budget as presented by the school board. They also endorsed most of the municipal budget recommendations, differing from the select board on three issues. Select Board Chair Barbara Redmond said select board members would consider the […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro School board members met earlier than usual April 6 to give preliminary approval to the 2023-24 school budget request, amended slightly from the draft they’d reviewed March 29 (see the April 6 issue of The Town Line, p. 2). They then met with the Vassalboro Budget Committee to present the proposed […]
by Mary Grow With only one application on their agenda, and the proposed – and long-discussed – solar ordinance forwarded to the select board, Vassalboro Planning Board members had time to consider broader issues at their April 4 meeting. The application was from Duane Ellis, seeking to expand his building at 27 Birch Point Road, […]
by Mary Grow Early in a series of unanimous decisions at their April 10 meeting, China select board members approved the final version of the warrant for the June 13 town business meeting. The warrant has 32 articles. The one they did not previously approve asks voters to appropriate up to $43,000 from unassigned fund […]
by Roland D. Hallee Groundhog day was a little over two months ago. However, this is the time of year when they usually start to make their appearance, emerging from their dens following a long winter of hibernation. Groundhogs, Marmota monax, also known as woodchucks, are a rodent, belonging to the group of large ground […]
by Mary Grow China Planning Board members approved one application on their March 28 agenda and postponed everything else, instead making their recommendation on the amended Board of Appeals ordinance that will be on the June 13 town business meeting warrant. Natasha Littlefield has a permit to open a 24-hour gym and fitness center at […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro select board members got lots of legal advice at their March 30 meeting from attorney Stephen E. F. Langsdorf, of the Augusta law firm Preti Flaherty. Joining the meeting virtually, Langsdorf answered questions from board members and Town Manager Aaron Miller about possible amendments to the town’s Marijuana Business Ordinance, and […]