Dear Folks,
The deadline for the upcoming Spring Arrow is Monday February 24. If you have any announcements, notes, or progress reports that you would like to include, please let me know (kasadtler@yahoo.com).
Don’t forget our new Community News section, including brief notes of personal events, activities, births, deaths, etc. Please feel free to include these as well.
Cheers,
Karin
Karin Sadtler
207-907-5027
ON THE CALENDAR THIS WEEK
Arrowsic Select Board
Monday, February 10, 2025
6:00-7:00 PM
Town Hall and Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9910370986
Valentine’s Day
Friday, February 14, 2025
Fire Department Training
Saturday, February 15, 2025
8:00 AM-10:00 PM
Arrowsic Fire Station
Our volunteer Fire Department needs your help. There are a lot of things to do that would support the team, for example delivering food on extended calls. Additional volunteers would be helpful for a variety of tasks like directing traffic or assisting Bath Ambulance respond to EMS calls. We will provide the training! To learn more, contact Chief Dale Carlton at carlton1302@gmail.com <mailto:carlton1302@gmail.com>.
IN OTHER NEWS …
Contribute to The Arrow
The next issue of the Arrow, our town’s independent newsletter, will be published next month. The Arrow is looking for writers who wish to contribute, either occasionally or regularly.
Please send anything you would like to contribute–articles, reports, notices, upcoming meetings, poetry, artwork, and photographs (including historical ones)–to Karin Sadtler at kasadtler@yahoo.com by Monday February 24.
Items for the Community News column, including births, deaths, graduations, personal activities, and other items of interest are requested. We especially welcome notes from new residents, introducing themselves and telling us why they moved to Arrowsic or what they particularly like about Arrowsic. Just a few lines is fine.
We are also seeking to continue to expand our Arts coverage and welcome your artwork, photos, poems, or stories.
Winter Road Conditions:
A reminder that winter roads can be slippery, so please drive carefully. Our plow crews work hard to make sure the roads are cleared and salted/sanded, but it’s always possible that the weather gets ahead of them. If you do encounter any road issues, please call Road Commissioner Jim Stump on his mobile. (207.650.0630)
Abandoned Boat in Arrowsic Bridge Channel:
The boat that was anchored in the channel near the Arrowsic Bridge broke free from its anchor and is now on the mud flats at the mouth of the Sasanoa. It unfortunately came to rest on our shore, and that makes it the Town’s problem.
No one is shocked that it’s come to this, and while the Sheriff’s Office and Coast Guard have known about it since it arrived last fall, no one had authority to deal with it proactively. The owner is a Georgetown resident and is “uncooperative” according the Sheriff. Booms have been placed around the boat to prevent it from leaking toxins; and the DEP and Coast Guard have been on the scene and are confident there is no fuel or oil remaining.
We are working with SeaTow on a plan to remove and dispose of it, but in winter conditions, if it can be done at all, it will take north of $25,000 to do so. Government funding seems to be scarce these days…
To be continued…
Select Board Meeting Agenda
In an effort to keep residents informed, the proposed Select Board Meeting Agenda will be posted in this newsletter the Monday prior to and the Monday of the Select Board Meeting. Please note that the agenda is subject to change prior to being approved at the Select Board Meeting.
Arrowsic Select Board
February 10, 2025
Proposed Agenda
6:00 Review and approve agenda
6:05 Items for Approval
6:15 Town Staff & Volunteers6:20 Any other business
6:40 Mail
6:55 Adjourn
Next meeting: Monday, February 24, 2025, 6:00pm
To:      Arrowsic residents Â
From:Â Â Â Irene Burgess
Date:    February 3, 2025
Subject:Â Â Select Board, ARSWC meetings
ON THE CALENDAR THIS WEEK
Arrowsic Planning Board
Thursday, February 6, 2025
7:00-9:00 PM
Town Hall and Zoom
Contact the chair, Vicky Stoneman, at vicky.stoneman@arrowsic.orgfor more information.
Zoom link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85141610382?pwd=0jW6MUmLeaE2qypnpknkS2oFx2q6qC.1&from=addon
Trash and RecyclingÂ
Friday, February 7, 2025
Winter schedule trash and recycling day.
Swap Barn
Saturday, February 8, 2025
11:00 AM-1:00 PM
IN OTHER NEWS …
NEW Town Website
Thank you for all the helpful revisions to the site. With your help, we’ll keep working on making it as useful as possible for all residents of Arrowsic.
New Conditional Use and Building Permit.Â
Go here to access this week’s permits.
Questions or Concerns? Contact Mike Field, Code Enforcement Officer, 207-295-4332.
Select Board Meeting Agenda
In an effort to keep residents informed, the proposed Select Board Meeting Agenda will be posted in this newsletter the Monday prior to and the Monday of the Select Board Meeting. Please note that the agenda is subject to change prior to being approved at the Select Board Meeting.
Arrowsic Select Board
February 10, 2025
Proposed Agenda
6:00 Review and approve agenda
6:05 Items for Approval
6:15 Town Staff & Volunteers6:20 Any other business
6:40 Mail
6:55 Adjourn
Next meeting: Monday, February 24, 2025, 6:00pm
 From the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands “Celebrate the joys of winter
by joining us at one or all of our Winter Fun Days – Take It Outside
events.” The first event will take place on Feb.1 at Bradbury Mountain
State Park with guided hikes and games, a warming fire & hot cocoa. The
Brickyard Hollow Food Truck will be selling pizza! Breakfast pizza at 10
AM and other kinds from 11 AM to 3:00 PM. The Maine State Parks Ski &
Snowshoe trailer will be on-site loaning ski and snowshoe gear for use
in the park at no charge. Special event park admission, 12 & older
$1.50. Under 12 & over 65 free. For more information call (207) 688-4712
or go to
https://www.maine.gov/dacf/parks/discover_history_explore_nature/activities/winter_fun_days.shtml
ON THE CALENDAR THIS WEEK
Select Board Meeting
Monday, January 27, 2025
6:00-7:00
Town Hall (Note: no Zoom meeting of Select Board this week)
Water Access Management Committee
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
5:00-6:00
Town Hall
Arrowsic Shellfish Conservation Committee
Thursday, January 30, 2025
6:30-7:30
Via Zoom
It will be a virtual meeting and held on zoom. Anyone wishing to attend can contact clams@arrowsic.org for the webinar link.
IN OTHER NEWS …
NEW Town Website
Tomorrow (1/28) we will launch a new town website.
First, we all owe huge thanks and gratitude to Paul Kalkstein, who built and rebuilt and nursed along the original town site long past its deserved life. He retired, we un-retired him, he retired again; and still he helped us out when no one else could.
The new site is built on the WordPress platform and offers a couple of key advantages: it’s an open-source, fairly universal technology, so when it needs to fixed, we’ll have an easier time finding volunteers (we know you’re out there 😉); and simple updating does not require special coding knowledge or skill, so Irene and other town officials can make information available to you in a more timely fashion.
All that said, we are VERY aware that we are launching an imperfect beast, but we’re trying to balance critical need against attempts at perfection. We think we’ve found and fixed all of the really critical issues, but there will be errors, typos, omissions, etc. For that, we will apologize in advance and ask that you direct corrections and suggestions to Irene (at irene.burgess@arrowsic.org) as you find them.
Hope you like it!
–Arrowsic Select Board
Select Board Meeting Agenda
In an effort to keep residents informed, the proposed Select Board Meeting Agenda will be posted in this newsletter the Monday prior to and the Monday of the Select Board Meeting. Please note that the agenda is subject to change prior to being approved at the Select Board Meeting.
Arrowsic Select Board
January 27, 2025
Proposed Agenda
Note: There will not be Zoom access for the January 27th meeting.
Call to order:
6:00 Review and approve agenda
6:05 Items for Approval
6:15 Town Staff & Volunteers6:20 Any other business
6:40 Mail
6:55 Adjourn
Next meeting: Monday, February 10, 2025, 6:00pm