Vassalboro by Mary Grow In Vassalboro’s written-ballot elections June 8, Christopher French was elected to succeed John Melrose on the board of selectmen, with 128 votes; and Jolene Clark-Gamage was re-elected to the school board, with 134 votes. Neither had an opponent on the ballot. Three referendum questions were approved. Town Clerk Cathy Coyne said […]
by Mary Grow Augusta South Parish Congo, All Souls UU, St. Mary’s Catholic Having finished summary histories of Grange organizations in the central Kennebec Valley in The Town Line issues beginning April 8, and a two-part description of aspects of the Goodwill-Hinckley School, in Fairfield, this writer now turns to a different type of organization, […]
by Mary Grow China selectmen’s usually routine annual appointment (mostly reappointment) of town officials and board and committee members turned into a procedural tangle followed by a highly unusual refusal to reappoint a sitting board member. The actions taken at the June 7 selectmen’s meeting are official July 1, when the new fiscal year begins. […]
by Mary Grow At their June 3 meeting, China Broadband Committee (CBC) members returned to their application for a ConnectMe planning grant for expanded and improved broadband service. They also reviewed a more definite – but still with uncertainties – financial model for their project (see the June 3 issue of The Town Line, p. […]
by Mary Grow At their June 1 meeting, Vassalboro Planning Board members unanimously approved another solar array, this one west of Cemetery Street, between East and North Vassalboro. They were assisted by Codes Officer Paul Mitnik, whose third retirement at the beginning of April lasted through one meeting. Board members welcomed him back. Owens A. […]
by Mary Grow Veteran moderator Richard Thompson guided about five dozen Vassalboro voters through the first 37 articles of their annual town meeting warrant in a little over an hour the evening of June 7. The annual town meeting continued at the polls June 8 with local elections; action on the new “Town of Vassalboro […]
by Mary Grow Averill school, Prescott admin, Kent woodworking, Carnegie library The Goodwill-Hinckley campus has more buildings of historic interest than there was space to describe in the May 20 The Town Line article, including a third school included in the boundaries of the National Register area. The Averill School, later Averill High School and […]
by Mary Grow With only three members present for their May 25 meeting, China Planning Board members finished their draft of an ordinance to govern placement of solar arrays, subject to review by the absent members. They returned to definitions of terms in the sample ordinance with which they have been working, changing some and […]
by Mary Grow China Broadband Committee (CBC) members reviewed models for potential broadband offerings and prices for customers at their May 26 meeting and asked for more definite information, if possible, to share with residents. They also worked on an application for a Phase II planning grant from ConnectMe to help them get the information. […]
by Mary Grow Due to a lack of agenda items, the Vassalboro selectmen’s meeting scheduled for Thursday evening, May 27, has been canceled.