by Mary Grow China Broadband Committee (CBC) members spent most of their June 17 meeting discussing ways to distribute a flyer publicizing their plans for expanded and improved broadband service in town. The draft one-page handout introduces the proposal and invites interested residents to sign up for follow-up information via email. Board members scheduled a […]
by Mary Grow Much of the China selectmen’s June 21 business was following up on voters’ decisions at the June 8 town meeting. All but one selectboard vote was unanimous; two items were postponed. Police services generated the longest discussion. Voters approved a $34,000 police budget for 2021-22, to fund a contract that would provide […]
by Mary Grow Jean Poulin estimates more than $94,000,000 have passed through her ledgers since she became the Town of Vassalboro’s bookkeeper on Sept. 11, 2006 – a position from which she is about to retire. The money came to the town from local tax payments, excise taxes, state revenue sharing, income from investments, occasional […]
by Mary Grow In the June 10 issue of The Town Line, readers learned about three of the four Augusta church buildings that have gained recognition on the National Register of Historic Places. The fourth, and an associated building, are described herein. The building that used to be St. Mark’s Church, at 9 Summer Street, […]
by Mary Grow Members of China’s Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Committee reviewed half a dozen requests for TIF funds at their June 14 meeting and forwarded all to the Board of Selectmen with recommendations that the funds be disbursed. China selectmen are scheduled to meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 21. The longest discussion was […]
by Mary Grow China Broadband Committee (CBC) members voted unanimously at their June 10 meeting to ask for Tax Increment Financing (TIF) funds to contract with Mission Broadband, the Bangor-based consulting firm that has worked with them for months, now that China voters have approved the updated TIF plan. The revised TIF document China voters […]
by Mary Grow The results of China voters’ June 8 decisions at their annual town business meeting, posted on the town website, show information that would not have been available from an open meeting. As reported previously, all articles were approved except funding for FirstPark (see The Town Line, June 10, p. 11). The most […]
by Mary Grow China Transfer Station Committee members spent most of their June 9 meeting talking about money, mostly small amounts. Two issues were whether non-rechargeable batteries should be recycled, and if so, whether a fee should be charged; and whether out-of-town users should pay more than they do to use China’s facility. The phrase […]
by Mary Grow At the June 7 China selectmen’s meeting, Town Manager (and Town Treasurer) Becky Hapgood said she and her colleagues statewide are still waiting for the United States Treasury to make rules for using American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. (See The Town Line, June 10, p. 9, for additional meeting information.) Hapgood […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro selectmen approved acceptance of bids for summer road paving and for providing large dumpsters so the town crew can remove an ancient mobile home on a tax-acquired lot; decided they should develop an ordinance to govern mass gatherings; and discussed other mostly-administrative matters at their June 10 meeting. Seven companies bid […]