by Mary Grow China Broadband Committee members have narrowed to one the list of companies they will negotiate with, for now, about offering expanded and improved broadband service town-wide. At their March 11 meeting, they unanimously asked consultant Mark Van Loan, of Mission Broadband, to invite representatives of Machias-based Axiom Technologies to meet with them […]
by Mary Grow China Emergency Preparation Committee members are holding monthly meetings, with assignments in between, as they update China’s Emergency Action Plan. The most recent meeting was March 11; the next meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday, April 15. The draft Emergency Checklist Plan, including some of the updates, is on the town […]
by Mary Grow At their March 9 meeting, China Planning Board members continued working toward a new solar ordinance to be added to the Land Use Ordinance. When completed and approved by voters, it will give board members definitions, rules and standards to review applications for solar installations in town, both commercial and private. The […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro Budget Committee members met March 11 to decide what questions they need to ask town selectmen when the two groups meet March 18. On March 18, selectmen are scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. in the Vassalboro Community School gymnasium. The budget committee is to join them at 7 p.m. The […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro School Board members heard more good news than bad news about the sections of the proposed 2021-22 budget they reviewed at their March 9 special meeting. They heard a proposal for a major expenditure – and not only supported it, but suggested expanding it. The proposal was from Shelley Phillips, Director […]
by Mary Grow Two historic farms, Albion and Benton Your writer hopes readers are ready for a change from Romanesque Revival and Hallowell granite, because the coming weeks of Kennebec Valley history will not focus on buildings, though they will continue to appear. The Register of Historic Places for the central Kennebec Valley includes a […]
by Mary Grow China selectmen held a brief special meeting Monday afternoon, March 8, at which they unanimously approved the warrant for the June 8 annual town business meeting. Another unanimous vote authorized Town Manager Becky Hapgood to create and mail to all residents an explanation of the questions to be voted on. The mailing […]
by Mary Grow China Budget Committee members approved selectmen’s spending recommendations for the 2021-22 fiscal year at an hour-long meeting March 2. Most votes were unanimous; two appropriations were recommended by votes of 5 to 1. Tom Rumpf dissented on the vote to appropriate $26,471 to support FirstPark, the Oakland-based business park to which China […]
by Mary Grow China Broadband Committee members spent almost two hours March 4 trying to get their chickens and eggs in the right order – as they repeatedly expressed their dilemma – and came to what has become their usual conclusion: they need more information and another meeting. Their next meeting is scheduled for 7 […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro selectmen have scheduled a special in-person meeting at 2 p.m., Tuesday, March 16, in the town office conference room. Because the only agenda item is the annual evaluation of the town manager’s job performance, the meeting will be in executive session.