China planners agree with many solar ordinance changes
The three China Planning Board members participating in the July 12 meeting agreed with many of Board Chairman Scott Rollins’ proposed changes in the draft Solar Array Ordinance…
Entries by Mary Grow
Vassalboro select board tackles three big projects
Vassalboro select board members had three big projects on the agenda for discussion at their July 14 and future meetings, and resident Tom Richards proposed an even bigger fourth one…
VASSALBORO: Routine application turns into review of requirements
What started as a simple application to the Vassalboro Planning Board at the July 12 meeting turned into a review of application requirements, a topic board members intend to pursue…
New exhibit at Vassalboro Historical Society depicts textiles
The most eye-catching items are women’s dresses, from the early 1800s to the 1950s, in varied materials and colors, and on one wall a large painting of young ladies in spring outfits (and two gentlemen) gathered on the lawn of the Oak Grove School…
China TIF committee discusses pending project at China Village boat launch
Members of China’s Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Committee approved a funding application, discussed a pending project and heard updates on on-going ones at their June 29 meeting…
China select board agrees to pave parking area on Causeway Rd.
by Mary Grow At a short special meeting June 30, China select board members paid end-of-fiscal-year bills, agreed on paving parking areas on both sides of the Causeway Road bridge at the head of China Lake’s east basin and made three appointments. When the causeway project, funded mostly through China’s TIF (Tax Increment Financing) fund […]
CHINA: Town and Direct Communications, Unitel to work on broadband expansion
China select board members have taken under advisement a memorandum of understanding with Direct Communications of Rockland, Idaho, represented locally by subsidiary UniTel, of Unity, to expand broadband service to town residents…
Up and down the Kennebec Valley: Natural resources – Part 1
by Mary Grow – The first Europeans, arriving in small (by our standards) ships, had no choice but to imitate the Native Americans…
China planners approve two applications; discuss potential future ordinances
China Planning Board members approved two applications on their June 28 agenda and expanded their discussion of pending ordinances and ordinance revisions to new topics…
Up and down the Kennebec Valley: Native Americans – Conclusion
by Mary Grow – Beginning early in the 1600s, Europeans extended their clearings and buildings along the river from the coast to, eventually, Moosehead Lake…