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 […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro school officials – primarily Superintendent Alan Pfeiffer, Principal Ira Michaud, and Special Education Director Tanya Thibeau – led school board members through the proposed 2023-24 budget at a March 29 workshop meeting. Board members raised some questions during the workshop and were encouraged to send more as they reviewed the figures […]
by Mary Grow China and Vassalboro planning board members have created a joint two-town subcommittee to draft a new ordinance that, with voters’ approval, would be identical in each town. Its working title is “An Ordinance Prohibiting Any More Town Ordinances or Ordinance Amendments Until the Year 2050.” China’s planning board has five members – […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro School Superintendent Alan Pfeiffer doesn’t know yet how much larger next year’s school budget will be compared to this year’s, but he expects an increase. One item on the school board’s March 21 agenda was continued review of sections of the draft 2023-24 budget (see The Town Line, March 16, pp. […]
by Mary Grow The Vassalboro budget committee’s March 21 meeting with select board members began with – and sometimes reverted to – a broad question about what townspeople want for their town and how much they are willing to pay. Budget committee member Dallas Smedberg raised the question, in terms of whether the budget committee […]