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 […]
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 […]