by Mary Grow At their April 8 meeting, Vassalboro Conservation Commission members unanimously voted to have three trees planted on Bog Road in front of the Methodist cemetery, replacing trees removed, to some residents’ dismay, several years ago. Commission chairman Holly Weidner attended the March 16 Vassalboro Cemetery Committee meeting. That group talked about the […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro Planning Board members approved two of the four applications on their April 7 agenda. They granted permits to Timothy Dutton to reopen the former Renarda’s Restaurant at 729 Main Street as a two-part eatery; and to Chad Martin, at 209 Mudget Hill Road, to open a dog kennel on his property. […]
by Mary Grow Two Vassalboro select board members spent the first hour of their April 9 meeting discussing the Mill Hill bridge project with Calderwood Engineering structural engineer Mohamed Mohamud, who attended the meeting virtually. Select board members have known for more than a year that the existing culverts need replacement, and have feared a […]
by Mary Grow The March 24 and March 31 Vassalboro Budget Committee meetings each ran more than two hours and focused on some of the town’s major costs, like public works equipment. (See The Town Line issues of March 19, p. 2, and April 2, page 2, for more financial information.) One issue debated at […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro School Board members met in a special meeting for three-quarters of an hour April 7 before budget committee members joined them for a preliminary discussion of the 2026-27 school budget. School board members planned to have budget committee members join them again at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday, April 14. Their […]
by Mary Grow China select board members approved the final version of the June 9 town business meeting warrant and discussed transfer station problems, among other issues, at their April 6 meeting. Town Manager Rebecca Hapgood read the 32-article June 9 warrant aloud, and select board members voted on whether to submit each article to […]
by Mary Grow China Budget Committee members reviewed the warrant for the June 9 annual town budget meeting at their March 26 meeting, which Town Manager Rebecca Hapgood said should be their final one this spring. The seven members recommended that voters approve all proposed financial articles. Most votes were unanimous; some members abstained on […]
by Mary Grow China Town Manager Rebecca Hapgood announced March 24 that China’s revised Tax Increment Financing (TIF) plan has been approved by the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development. China voters approved the revision, officially named the Third Revision, Central Maine Power/China Lake Tax Increment Financing District and Development Program, on Nov. 5, […]
by Mary Grow Review of the first draft of the warrant for the June 9 town business meeting was the most time-consuming item at the China select board’s regular meeting March 23. Board members also made two appointments: — Timothy Hatch to the Thurston Park Committee; and — Courtney Cook to the China Emergency Services […]
by Mary Grow China Town Manager Rebecca Hapgood announced on March 20 that the Housing Opportunity Program in Maine’s Office of Community Affairs has awarded China a $15,000 grant to amend town land use ordinances to comply with recent state housing legislation. “The town may also use the funds for minor ordinance updates to remove […]