VASSALBORO — Town employees used statistics and spreadsheets to show selectmen they are paid an average of 25 to 30 percent less than the average of workers in comparable Maine towns.

VASSALBORO — Town employees used statistics and spreadsheets to show selectmen they are paid an average of 25 to 30 percent less than the average of workers in comparable Maine towns.

CHINA — After previously sparring over municipal funding for the fire department, Selectman Steven Hughes and South China Fire Chief Richard Morse uncrossed their wires at Monday’s selectmen’s meeting.

CHINA — Planning Board members are considering softening a requirement under local shoreland septic rules ahead of a June vote on whether to scrap the whole program.

VASSALBORO — Selectmen on Thursday endorsed a proposal they hope will resolve problems of back-taxes and foreclosure with the Coyote Ridge subdivision.

VASSALBORO — Four letters and more study of his private road stand between Leo Barnett and approval of an expansion of his Old Meadow Road subdivision off Riverside Drive.

VASSALBORO — Four letters and more study of his private road stand between Leo Barnett and approval of an expansion of his Old Meadow Road subdivision off Riverside Drive.

CHINA — A decision on whether to rescind a fee hike for commercial trash haulers won’t be made before the hike is scheduled to go into effect Sunday.

VASSALBORO — Selectmen next year will sell a Cushnoc Road lot — acquired for failure to pay taxes — to the highest bidder, provided that the bid is more than $10,000.

CHINA — Selectmen have angered a whole new group of people by once again postponing discussion of a controversial issue.