by Mary Grow China’s revised comprehensive plan is scheduled to be submitted to voters at the Nov. 2 local election. The plan is on the town website, under Comprehensive Planning Committee. The title of the 169-page document is “China 2020 COMP PLAN submitted Dec. 23, 202 Final.” Another copy is on line at maine.gov/dacf/municipalplanning/comp_plans/. The […]
by Mary Grow Moving sideways (as this series so often does) on a temporary detour from churches on the National Register of Historic Places, this article will describe three National Register properties in the Town of China recognized for their association with Rufus Jones or members of his family, plus China’s other two National Register […]
by Mary Grow Two churches in the Town of China were added to the National Register of Historic Places on Aug. 4, 1983. The earlier is the Pond Meeting House, on Lakeview Drive, built in 1807. The South China Meeting House, now South China Community Church, on Village Street, dates from 1884. Both were originally […]
by Mary Grow With only Chairman Martha Wentworth and member Todd Dunn at the June 23 China Recreation Committee meeting, discussion could not lead to any votes, but they and an interested resident talked about program plans. The town-owned ballfields for which the committee is responsible are being used for spring sports. Wentworth said the […]
by Mary Grow The China Broadband Committee (CBC) did not get a state ConnectMe grant that members had hoped to use to hire Hawkeye Connections, Inc., of Poland, Maine, to establish the cost of new broadband infrastructure for the town. Meeting the afternoon of June 23, committee members and consultants who had watched part of […]
by Mary Grow China Planning Board members ignored most of their June 22 agenda to spend time on a final review of the Solar Energy Systems Ordinance they hope selectmen will present to voters on Nov. 2 and voters will approve. Running out of time to finish, they scheduled a special meeting Monday evening, June […]
by Mary Grow First Baptist Church, Universalist-Unitarian Church in Waterville Moving up the Kennebec to the city of Waterville, two of its many church buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places: the First Baptist Church, at 1 Park Street (on the northwest side of the intersection with Elm Street, across Elm Street from […]
by Marilyn Rogers-Bull & Percy grams29@tds.net Solon, Maine 04979 Seems as though all I do lately is apologize about something . Have received some recent news and didn’t get it in in time because of my computer acting up again – and thanks to Peter, he has solved the problem once again, and I […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro Community School (VCS) Principal Megan Allen told school board members at their June 15 meeting that holding the eighth-grade promotion celebration outdoors at the school felt right. Officials at the China Baptist Church Conference Center, graduation site for more than a dozen years, have been welcoming and helpful, she said, “but […]
by Mary Grow China Planning Board members continued to work on two draft ordinances at their June 15 meeting. The proposed new Solar Energy Systems Ordinance they decided is almost in final form. The proposed additional section of the shoreland ordinance, governing shoreline stabilization projects, is barely started. Board members reversed an earlier decision to […]