PALERMO — The Compensation Committee’s suggestion for a smaller Town Office staff working longer hours is a slap in the face to those who work there, Town Treasurer Contessa Mancini told selectmen Thursday.

PALERMO — The Compensation Committee’s suggestion for a smaller Town Office staff working longer hours is a slap in the face to those who work there, Town Treasurer Contessa Mancini told selectmen Thursday.

VASSALBORO — Selectmen and Road Commissioner Eugene Field are at odds about whether Field is entitled to a town-paid health insurance policy covering his family.

VASSALBORO — Selectmen and Road Commissioner Eugene Field are at odds about whether Field is entitled to a town-paid health insurance policy covering his family.

VASSALBORO — Recreation Director Nicole Wasilewski has selectmen’s approval to apply for a grant for improvements at the town ball fields on Bog Road.

VASSALBORO — Selectmen would reform the swap shed at the transfer station rather than eliminate it.

CHINA — Complaints about low water in Branch Pond led selectmen to invite former dam owner Thomas Dinsmore to Monday’s meeting, but the board members agreed there’s not much they can do to solve the problem.

PALERMO — Selectmen have a chance to acquire, for free, a strip of land that would provide access to Beech Pond off Cain Hill Road.

VASSALBORO — The former site of the controversial topless coffee shop on Route 3 might soon hold a self-storage business.

VASSALBORO — To pay or not to pay for employees’ lunch breaks?