by Mary Grow Vassalboro School Board members heard a series of upbeat reports and appointed an unusual number of new staff members at their Aug. 16 meeting, the last one before classes at Vassalboro Community School (VCS) start again Sept. 1. Both new Principal Ira Michaud, in his written report, and Director of Maintenance and […]
by Mary Grow At their Aug. 22 special meeting, China select board members approved seven substantive questions to be submitted to voters on Nov. 8. They postponed deciding whether to add an eighth question until their next regular meeting on Aug. 29. The voting in November, on the state election day, is technically China’s annual […]
by Mary Grow As sources cited in this and the following articles say, Waterville’s downtown business district was in the 19th and 20th centuries (and still is in the 21st century) an important regional commercial center. Buildings from the 1830s still stand; the majority of the commercial buildings lining Main Street date from the last […]
by Mary Grow China select board members held a short Aug. 15 meeting, followed by a tour of well-filled storage spaces in the town office building. During the meeting, board members unanimously approved a larger-than-usual list of expenses to be paid – larger because it included the annual Kennebec County tax, which board chairman Ronald […]
by Mary Grow China Cemetery Committee members and guest Kelly Grotton, whose town office duties include acting as semi-official town historian, met the afternoon of Aug. 9 primarily to hear a report from summer intern Savannah Clark. Clark has been transferring information from China gravestones and town records to a program called Crypt Keeper Cemetery […]
by Mary Grow China Planning Board members’ Aug. 9 meeting was only two minutes longer than their Aug. 4 public hearing on proposed amendments to Chapters 4 and 11 of the town Land Use Ordinance (see The Town Line, Aug. 11, p. 3). They voted unanimously to forward the amendments to the select board in […]
by Mary Grow At their Aug. 11 meeting, Vassalboro select board members set the 2022-23 tax rate at 14.4 mils, or $14.40 for each $1,000 of property valuation, a decrease of eight cents per $1,000 over the 2021-22 rate. Assessor Ellery Bane offered board members several choices of rate. They considered two possible reductions or […]
by Mary Grow This article is for people who enjoy an occasional glimpse into someone else’s life – nothing scandalous or earth-shaking, just odds and ends about the ordinary lives of people in another time. The main source is Henry D. Kingsbury’s Kennebec County history. The Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1892 was first […]
by Mary Grow China select board members had two main items on the agenda for their Aug. 8 special meeting. China Broadband Committee (CBC) members asked them to put on the Nov. 8 local ballot a memorandum of understanding leading toward expanded broadband service in town. Town Manager Rebecca Hapgood asked them to put on […]
by Mary Grow China Planning Board members held an Aug. 4 public hearing to explain changes in the town’s land use ordinance that are expected to be on the Nov. 8 local ballot. At five minutes, the hearing might be the shortest on record. Four residents were in the audience: Brent and Cathy Chesley, who […]