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 […]
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 […]