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.
by Mary Grow Vassalboro School staff and officials are offering extra help to students who need to make up for parts of subjects they missed because of Covid-19. Projects and plans discussed at the May 18 Vassalboro School Board meeting included on-going after-school classes, planned summer school in August and teachers’ extra preparation for the […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro’s annual town meeting will be held Monday, June 7, and Tuesday, June 8. The town meeting warrant and related information are posted in the center column of the town website, www.vassalboro.net. The open meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Vassalboro Community School gymnasium. After voters complete Art. 37 (the […]
by Mary Grow At their May 24 meeting, China selectmen acted on bids for summer work and got updated information on buildings that might meet the state definition of a dangerous building. They need more information on the buildings before possible action. Bids were requested for three categories: road paving, materials for the Public Works […]
by Mary Grow For the second year in a row, China’s annual town business meeting will be entirely by written ballot, with voters able to choose an absentee ballot or a Tuesday, June 8, trip to the polls. To shorten voting time, town officials have condensed the ballot into 26 articles, most dealing with 2021-22 […]
by Mary Grow Hinckley Grange Last week’s article was on the two Fairfield Grange organizations, still-active Victor Grange, in Fairfield Center, and no-longer-active Hinckley Grange, with its Hall across the Kennebec River from Fairfield, in Clinton. There is one more connection between the Grange and the town of Fairfield, a connection that brings us back […]