by Mary Grow Before moving on to 19th-century Winslow and Waterville high schools, your writer will share one more item about Waterville grammar schools. With its ramifications, it was too long for last week’s article. Readers learned last week that Waterville school authorities once created two classrooms in the town hall. Following is another example […]
The Nov. 4 China select board meeting began with a short presentation recognizing retiring member Janet Preston. To applause from the audience and board members, Town Manager Rebecca Hapgood gave Preston a certificate in appreciation of her service to the town, and later a bouquet of flowers. Fellow board members thanked Preston. “We didn’t always […]
by Mary Grow The long-discussed storage vault for municipal records was the main topic at the Nov. 4 China Select Board meeting, following up on the Oct. 30 China Municipal Building Committee meeting. Building committee chairman Sheldon Goodine and members Scott Pierz and Edwin Bailey attended the select board meeting to re-discuss the revised plan […]
by Mary Grow Federal and state emergency management funds will reimburse the Town of China to cover partial clean-up costs after the Dec. 17-21, 2023, storm that left roads and roadsides littered with fallen trees and other debris. China Town Manager Rebecca Hapgood shared an Oct. 28 letter from the Maine Emergency Management Agency saying […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro planning board members had three projects on their Nov. 12 agenda. They spent as much time discussing how each fitted into town ordinances as on the merits. They ended up disappointing one applicant, Vassalboro’s Public Works Department, represented by Brian Lajoie. Revision Energy did not expect a decision, so representative Annalise […]
by Mary Grow The northernmost of three area towns incorporated on April 26, 1771, was Winslow, on the east bank of the Kennebec River, then including Waterville and Oakland on the west bank. As discussed in earlier articles, Teconnet or Ticonic, later Winslow, was one of the earliest European-settled areas on this part of the […]
by Mary Grow China Town Clerk Angela Nelson reported the following voting results early Wednesday morning, Nov. 6. For the local select board, with five candidates for three seats, voters re-elected one incumbent and added two newcomers. Incumbent Blane Casey was top vote-getter with 1,409 votes. Added to the board were Thomas Rumpf, with 998 […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro voters approved two of three local referendum questions at the polls on Nov. 5, according to Town Clerk Cathy Coyne. All three decisions were by narrow margins. Question 1 asked voters’ approval to spend up to $360,000 from existing funds as matching money for a grant to cover the cost of […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro select board members held a workshop meeting on Oct. 30, hoping to revive the annual tradition after several years’ break. The purpose is to begin prioritizing issues they plan to address in the next few years. The Oct. 30 meeting (changed from the usual Thursday evening to avoid Halloween) lasted about […]
by Mary Grow Another Kennebec Valley town incorporated April 26, 1771, simultaneously with Hallowell (then including Augusta), was Vassalboro, then including Sidney. Vassalboro’s and Sidney’s early educational systems will therefore be examined next. According to Alma Pierce Robbins’ 1971 history of Vassalboro, voters did not discuss education at their first town meeting, held May 22, […]