PALERMO — Selectmen have learned that the Maine Emergency Management Agency failed to forward Palermo’s 2010 application for federal funds to rebuild Banton Road to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

CHINA — Selectmen tonight will hear a pitch for the biomass boiler that Regional School Unit 18 officials hope will heat Messalonskee High School and Williams Elementary School in Oakland.

CHINA — Residents looking for a chance to vote on the complicated ordinance additions and revisions proposed by the Comprehensive Plan Implementation Committee will have to wait.

VASSALBORO — A proposal for a repair shop for trailers that haul scrap metal was approved by the Planning Board on Tuesday night.

CHINA — With the debate about commercial trash haulers serving town residents temporarily off the agenda, selectmen Monday began the broader task of updating the town’s solid waste management ordinance.

CHINA — Residents will get a chance to weigh in on how boundaries for a commercial district along Route 3 should be defined at a public hearing Thursday.

PALERMO — The directors of the new Sheepscot Lake Association don’t want to tell swimmers what color bathing suits to wear, even if they had the authority.

VASSALBORO — The post office has been a hub of East Vassalboro village for 184 years.

VASSALBORO — Selectmen approved preliminary plans for a new recycling and office building at the transfer station Thursday.

CHINA — Disgruntled commercial trash haulers got attention, occasional arguments and no satisfaction from China selectmen Wednesday.