by Mary Grow China selectmen held a special meeting June 30, the last day of the 2019-2020 fiscal year, to pay year-end bills and make appointments for the new year beginning July 1. Most appointments were reappointments. The main change was that Angela Nelson becomes town clerk as of July 19, when current town clerk […]
by Mary Grow This series has repeatedly mentioned the Kennebec Proprietors. It is now time to backtrack to the 18th century, to find out who they were and why they are mentioned in almost every history of the State of Maine and in most local histories of Kennebec Valley towns and cities. The initial […]
by Mary Grow At their June 23 meeting, China Planning Board members unanimously approved a revision to Amanda Gower’s permit for her daycare business at 166 Tyler Road that lets her increase capacity to a maximum of 75 children and staff at one time. When the daycare was permitted in 2009, Gower said, she used […]
by Mary Grow The centerpiece of the June 25 Vassalboro selectmen’s meeting was the going-away party for Board Chairman Lauchlin Titus, who is not a candidate for re-election on July 14. He has been a selectman for 12 years and previously served on other town committees. Numerous town employees were present. Titus received gifts suited […]
by Mary Grow During discussion of the history of Albion for the June 11 issue of The Town Line, a friend mentioned “Albion” as a first name – unusual, she thought. The conversation reminded your writer that Maine had a governor whose first name was Albion: Albion K. Parris was sworn in Jan. 5, 1822, […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro school officials have no idea what returning to school in the fall will mean. “We’ve got to be ready for change,” School Board Chairman Kevin Levasseur summarized during the board’s June 16 in-person meeting in the Vassalboro Community School (VCS) cafeteria. Superintendent Alan Pfeiffer said he and colleagues have guidelines from […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro town officials and voters pulled off their June 22 open town meeting in style, with Covid-19 guidelines observed. The gym at Vassalboro Community School was effectively turned into two rooms by a solid curtain that stretched almost from wall to wall, leaving space for moderator Richard Thompson to stand at one […]
by Mary Grow A short June 22 China selectmen’s meeting focused on on-going town programs. The item discussed longest was the revised TIF (Tax Increment Financing) program prepared by the TIF Committee and retiring Town Manager Dennis Heath. Heath said he, TIF Committee Chairman Frank Soares and representatives of the state Department of Economic and […]
by Mary Grow Palermo is the only town in this series that is not in Kennebec County. The boundary line between China on the west and Palermo on the east is also the line between Kennebec and Waldo counties. It runs through Branch Mills, formerly Palermo’s main commercial center. It is not Palermo residents’ fault […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro’s Tax Increment Financing (TIF) program was the selectmen’s main topic at their June 11 meeting, held in-person in the town office meeting room with appropriate social distancing and very few masks. Selectmen received recommendations for interpreting, using or considering updates to Vassalboro’s current TIF program, and, after a public hearing, approved […]