News

ON THE CALENDAR THIS WEEK
Select Board Meeting
Monday, March 24, 2025
6:00-7:00 PM
Town Hall and Zoom

Join Zoom Meeting 
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9910370986

Arrowsic Fish Commission
Thursday, March 27, 2025
6:00-7:00 PM
Town Hall

We welcome the public to attend. If anyone has questions, they should reach out to Karen Robbins at robbinco@gmail.com.  The agenda is:
1. Approve Annual Report
2. State of Sewall Creek Project:  SWCA, data loggers
3. eDNA sampling: field report, sampling design and estimate going forward
4. Spring Monitoring Prep – Tasks
5. 2025/26 Budget Request

IN OTHER NEWS …

Someone Left This Plastic Drum in Front of the Recycling Shed!



Once again… Town Hall is not a dump for random items! A list of specific items and materials accepted at the Recycling Shed is listed at the Shed as well as on the Arrowsic website. 

If this drum is yours, please retrieve it and contact us for advice on proper disposal. Aside from the Shed not being the right place for it, not knowing what contaminants it may contain makes safe and proper disposal problematic. We are always happy to answer questions. Catch us in person or drop an email to arswc@arrowsic.org. We are really very friendly! 

Arrowsians should be proud of belonging to a community where residents are usually extremely diligent about responsibly recycling and managing waste. 

We sincerely thank you.

Ros Arienti, Jon Biehler, Frank Daly, Nadine de Vries, Karen Dowell, Roz McLean and Don Sheldon
 

Ready for Green Spring Cleaning?

Now that mud season is almost over, it’s great time to go green while you spring clean. All it takes is a little extra planning! Here are 5 tips on how you can reduce your contribution to the landfill while getting rid of excess clutter in your home.  Before you start loading up your trash bin, separate out piles for recycling and rehoming:

• Place clean and dry household items made from paper, cardboard, plastic, glass, or tin in your recycling bin for curbside pickup.
• Take gently used items you think other residents of Arrowsic might need or want to the Arrowsic Swap Barn.
• Recycle or trade-in unwanted electronics at Staples in Brunswick – or bring them to the Arrowsic Recycling Shed and the ARSWC will recycle them for you.
• Donate clothing, toys, furniture, and other goods to local charities, such as Goodwill in Brunswick or the Habitat for Humanity Restore in Bath. The Freecycle Community Group for Topsham is another helpful non-profit resource for giving and getting used goods.
• Check with an ARSWC member if you have questions or need advice on how to recycle, repurpose, or rehome your stuff. We love talking trash (and recycling).

The ARSWC will be launching its own green spring-cleaning project in the Swap Barn next month. We plan to sort through items that have been on shelves for a bit too long – and donate them to local charities or recycle them as appropriate. If there is something in the barn that you covet, but haven’t yet claimed, stop by before April 19 or it may be gone!

Arrowsic Photos Wanted!

We need some photos of Arrowsic, either contemporary or historical, to include in the Annual Report to the Town. Please send some candidates to Irene at irene.burgess@arrowsic.org

Select Board Meeting AgendaIn 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
March 24, 2025
Proposed Agenda

6:00     Review and approve agenda
6:05     Items for Approval

• Minutes of Select Board Meeting of March 10, 2025
• Treasurer’s Warrant FY25 #19 for $ 13,712.85
• ABA Warrant FY25 #11 for $
• Animal Control Officer needed
• Annual Report

6:15     Town Staff & Volunteers6:20     Any other business6:40     Mail
6:55     Adjourn

Next meeting: Monday, April 14, 2025, 6:00pm

To: Arrowsic residents
From: Town of Arrowsic
Date: March 17, 2025
Subject: Conservation Commission, ABA, Shellfish Commission, ARSWC

ON THE CALENDAR THIS WEEK
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Monday, March 17

Arrowsic Conservation Commission
Tuesday, March 18
5:30-7:30
Town Hall/Hybrid

The Conservation Commission will meet at 5:30 Tuesday March 18 to discuss the annual report and budget request, roadside cleanup, bioblitzes, and pesticides, as well as anything else that may be brought before the commission. The public is welcome to attend. Anyone wishing to attend remotely please contact Phine Ewing at phineewing@gmail.com for a link to the meeting.

Arrowsic Broadband Authority
Thursday, March 20
4:00-5:00
Town Hall and Hybrid

Zoom link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8527394629?pwd=bHdSemQyN1dRWGNzLzdyR1NZOXhpUT09&omn=86747081986

Arrowsic Recycling and Solid Waste Committee
Thursday, March 20
5:30-7:00
Town Hall and Hybrid

The meeting will be available on line via zoom. All are welcome. Please contact Nadine DeVries at ndvmaine@gmail.com for more information and the Zoom link.

Arrowsic Shellfish Commission
Thursday, March 20
7:00-8:00
Town Hall and Hybrid

IN OTHER NEWS …

Repair Cafe
This month’s café will be on Saturday March 22^nd from 10 AM – 12:30 PM at the Curtis Library. Experts will be there with free help to fix all sorts of items. Repair, don’t replace!

Arrowsic Photos Wanted!

We need some photos of Arrowsic, either contemporary or historical to include in the Annual Report to the Town. Please send some candidates to Irene at irene.burgess@arrowsic.org

Select Board Meeting AgendaIn 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
March 24, 2025
Proposed Agenda

6:00     Review and approve agenda
6:05     Items for Approval

• Minutes of Select Board Meeting of March 10, 2025
• Treasurer’s Warrant FY25 #18 for $
• ABA Warrant FY25 #11 for $
• Animal Control Officer needed
• Annual Report

6:15     Town Staff & Volunteers6:20     Any other business6:40     Mail
6:55     Adjourn

Next meeting: Monday, April 14, 2025, 6:00pm

To:           Arrowsic residents   
From:      Town of Arrowsic
Date:       March 10, 2025
Subject:   Select Board, Permits, Education Silent Auction

ON THE CALENDAR THIS WEEK
Select Board Meeting
Monday, March 10
6:00-7:00
Town Hall and Zoom

Join Zoom Meeting 
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9910370986

Fire Department Training
Saturday, March 15
8:00-10:00 AM
Fire House

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 …

New Conditional Use and Building Permit. 
These will be posted in the weekly newsletter. Go here to access this week’s permits.
Questions or Concerns? Contact Mike Field, Code Enforcement Officer, 207-295-4332.

SAVE THE DATE! Education Committee Silent Auction
The Arrowsic Education Committee announces the date for the second
annual silent auction.
Date: Saturday, June 14, 2025
Time: 11:00am – 1:00pm
Place: Arrowsic Fire Station

Please plan to come bid against your neighbors on items and experiences
donated by local organizations–and visit with friends and neighbors.

Money raised during the silent auction supports the Arrowsic Education
Committee Scholarship Fund, which awards scholarships to Arrowsic’s high
school seniors planning to pursue higher education.

The Education Committee is seeking to add two members to the committee.
If you would like further information, please email Denise Parker at
denise.parker@arrowsic.org.

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
March 10, 2025
Proposed Agenda
 
Call to order: 
6:00     Review and approve agenda
6:05     Items for Approval

• Minutes of Select Board Meeting of February 24, 2025
• Treasurer’s Warrant FY25 #18 for $ 115,724.39
• ABA Warrant FY25 #10 for $

6:15     Town Staff & Volunteers

• Animal Control Officer needed
• Arrowsic Fish Commission Ordinance Language change (in bold)

The Arrowsic Fish Commission shall be made up of five voting members (commissioners) and two non-voting alternates appointed by the Board of Selectmen to a renewable three-year term. One of the five voting members shall be nominated by the chair of the Arrowsic Conservation Commission as its representative to the Arrowsic Fish Commission. If there are vacancies, three commissioners and the alternates may carry out the duties of the Commission, with any three serving as a quorum for any vote.The Commission shall act by a majority of those present and voting. The Commissioners shall elect one of their number to be Chair who, during a renewable two-year term, will serve as liaison to the Arrowsic Board of Selectmen and ensure that the Commission fulfills its responsibilities. In the absence of a commissioner, the Chair shall designate an alternate member to act.
6:20     Any other business

• Arrowsic Broadband Authority: Financial Report
• Annual Report

6:40     Mail
6:55     Adjourn

Next meeting: Monday, March 24, 2025, 6:00pm

To:           Arrowsic residents   
From:      Town of Arrowsic
Date:       March 3, 2025
Subject:   Planning Board, Trash Pickup, Community Rides, Scholarships

ON THE CALENDAR THIS WEEK
Planning Board
Thursday, March 6, 2025
7:00-9:00 PM
Town Hall/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

Winter Trash and Recycling Pick-Up
Friday, March 7, 2025


IN OTHER NEWS …
Essential Rides for Everyday Living in Arrowsic & Georgetown
 
 
Age-Friendly Communities of the lower Kennebec, are offering registered Arrowsic and Georgetown residents without other transportation options free rides to different destinations such as the grocery store, medical appointments and social activities.

This program is all about getting neighbors to where they need to go. 

Based on driver availability, rides will generally be offered weekdays from 9am-5pm. Once registered, we are asking riders for a three-day advanced notice to allow us time to arrange the ride with one of our volunteer drivers. We hope this program will expand to other communities on the lower Kennebec.
 
Contact information for interested residents (riders and drivers):

• For Arrowsic email Karin at arrowsictransportation@gmail.com, leave a message or send a text to (207) 208-9418
• For Georgetown email James at gtagefriendly@gmail.com, or call (207) 387-0440 

Arrowsic Scholarship Competition
All graduating seniors planning to pursue higher education are invited to submit a completed application by April 1.
Pick up an application at the Morse High School guidance office or link to
the application:
https://arrowsic.org/uploads/ARROWSIC%20SCHOLARSHIP%20APPLICATION%20.pdf

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
March 10, 2025
Proposed Agenda
 
Call to order: 

6:00     Review and approve agenda
6:05     Items for Approval

• Minutes of Select Board Meeting of February 24, 2025
• Treasurer’s Warrant FY25 #18 for $
• ABA Warrant FY25 #10 for $

6:15     Town Staff & Volunteers

• Animal Control Officer needed
• Education Committee: two members needed
• Arrowsic Broadband Authority

6:20     Any other business

• Annual Report

6:40     Mail
6:55     Adjourn

Next meeting: Monday, March 24, 2025, 6:00pm

Dear Townspeople,

The saga continues.

The short version is that we are continuing to follow the process of fulfilling the State’s requirements to gain authorization to have the boat removed. That authorization is probably 30-60 days away.

In the meantime, I continue to have regular conversations with the relevant authorities and with several businesses who can perform the clean up when the time comes. Funding remains an important unknown.

I am happy to field questions or concerns and will post updates in the weekly newsletter and, when there’s news, right here.

Walter Briggs
walter.briggs@arrowsic.org

Dear Townspeople,

Many, many hours have gone into solving the problem of the wrecked boat on our shore. We have involved the Sheriff, the State Bureau of Parks & Lands, the office in charge of Submerged Lands, our State Rep and Senator, Maine Harbormasters Association, and marine salvage experts.

At this time, the owner (unbelievably) must be legally allowed time to remove his boat. We (the Select Board) have officially declared the boat abandoned and put in motion the process required to get authorization from the State to remove and dispose of the wreckage. Based on what we know, that authorization is at minimum 3 weeks away.

Several plans are being considered for removal and cleanup (which almost certainly involves returning in the spring to clean the mud flats.) Funding remains an open question.

This situation has been eye-opening for us, to say the least. Legally, there’s nothing we could have done to prevent this from happening. And in spite of boats being abandoned in increasing numbers up and down the coast, there is currently no State or Federal law that addresses this issue.

I am happy to field questions or concerns and will post updates in the weekly newsletter and, when there’s news, right here.

Walter Briggs
walter.briggs@arrowsic.org

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

• Minutes of Select Board Meeting of January 27, 2025
• Treasurer’s Warrant FY25 #16:
• ABA Warrant FY25 #9: $1953.00
• Animal Control Officer needed

6:15     Town Staff & Volunteers6:20     Any other business

• Approval and execution of Packard’s Landing Deed from Town to Black Duck Land Exchange Trust
• Discussion of abandoned boat by Arrowsic bridge.

6:40     Mail
6:55     Adjourn

Next meeting: Monday, February 24, 2025, 6:00pm

To:           Arrowsic residents   
From:      Irene Burgess
Date:       February 3, 2025
Subject:   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 Recycling 
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. 
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

• Minutes of Select Board Meeting of January 27, 2025
• Treasurer’s Warrant FY25 #16:
• ABA Warrant FY25 #9
• Animal Control Officer needed

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