Mary J. Grow

4 days ago | townline.org | Mary J. Grow

by Mary GrowChina’s annual town business meeting will be held by written ballot on Tuesday, June 10. Polls in the portable building in the town office complex will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Absentee ballots are available at the town office until 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 5, for voters unable to come to the polls. Voters will act on 2025-26 municipal and school budgets, on two separate warrants.

4 days ago | townline.org | Mary J. Grow

by Mary GrowBefore proceeding to the history of the Augusta jail, your writer wants to clarify a sentence from last week’s article. It referenced Wikipedia’s statement that after Augusta became a city (instead of a town) in 1849, “Its early city offices were in the Opera House, and meetings took place in Winthrop Hall.”Apparently “early” doesn’t mean from the beginning. The history of the Augusta Opera House, from James North’s 1870 history and other sources, was part of the Nov.

4 days ago | townline.org | Mary J. Grow |Roland D. Hallee |Jude Hsiang |Peter Cates

Issue for June 5, 2025Scouting America teaches young boys and girls many great values. One of the more important lessons in Scouting is Duty to God and country.

4 days ago | townline.org | Mary J. Grow

by Mary GrowChina Planning Board members approved the only application on their May 27 agenda and postponed everything else. Natasha Littlefield, owner/operator of Littlefield’s Gym, in the former Farrington building, at 9 Legion Memorial Drive, in South China, applied to use office space in the building for her accounting business. She’s run the business remotely from her home since 2013, she said.

4 days ago | townline.org | Mary J. Grow

by Mary GrowVassalboro select board members were confronted by three angry budget committee members at their May 29 meeting. (See the May 22 issue of The Town Line, p. 2, for related information.)Committee chairman Peggy Schaffer, supported by members Douglas Phillips and Frank Richards, told select board members they failed to provide timely financial information this spring.