Archive for ‘News’

  • Causeway pinpointed for public WiFi

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Many people spending time on the Causeway think that it couldn’t get any better. How about free public WiFi? Cumberland County representatives are applying for a grant to expand the public access WiFi in some proposed locations, including the Naples Causeway. According to Naples Town Manager John […]

  • Naples gets heavy news about gym roof

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — An engineer’s evaluation of the weight load limit for the gym roof has put the Town of Naples on alert with every forecasted snowstorm. An engineer’s most recent report states that the Naples gymnasium roof can only handle 10 inches of snow; and that snow amount is […]

  • Manager offers alternative to bond for ballfields, park

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Casco Town Manager Courtney O’Donnell presented a more fiscally conservative way of paying for the Memorial Field Park improvements instead of floating the $9.5 million bond that was approved at Annual Town Meeting 2019. She recommended using money from the Unassigned Fund Balance, also known as the […]

  • Hotel Bridgton approval reversed; developer to take case to Superior Court

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Whether Hotel Bridgton — as presently proposed — is built or not rests in the hands of a Superior Court judge. By a 4–1 vote last Wednesday, the Bridgton Board of Appeals reversed the town’s planning board’s decision to approve the hotel targeted for the former Saunders Mill site […]

  • Retirement leads to change in PW direction; Madsen hired as Public Service Director

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer When Public Works Director Jim Kidder retired last Friday, the door opened for the town to consider another way of doing business. “It was sad to see Jim go,” Town Manager Robert Peabody told selectmen Tuesday night. “But, it offered the town an opportunity to review how it operates […]

  • ‘Growing up in Maine’ foundation for Army careers

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Working on a farm as young boys provided a sturdy foundation for the requirements of military life, according to twin brothers who grew up off Lake House Road in Naples. “That was how we grew up, working on the farm down the road, Jim Build’s farm,” Richard […]

  • Chute’s Cafe — back in the family again

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — The owner of Chute’s Cafe knows all kinds of stories about the early days of the well-loved and longtime diner in South Casco. That is because the new owner’s parents and grandparents used to run the restaurant that first opened its doors in 1977. Since then the […]

  • Pavement drops put citizens, towns on edge

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — With predictions that Old Man Winter might make his first appearance this week, officials in towns along the Route 302 corridor wonder how snowplows will fare after a state paving project left many intersections and driveways at a different height than the main road. Raymond Public Works […]

  • Peabody fails to land Boothbay Harbor manager’s job

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Robert “Bob” Peabody Jr. is staying put. Peabody was a finalist for the Boothbay Harbor town manager job, but he was passed over when the selectboard announced Saturday that Julia Latter had been hired. Latter has worked for the town for the past 22 years, and was acting town […]

  • Marine Safety prepares for summer 2020

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — This was the first summer that Naples Marine Safety had both a real budget and more personnel on the lakes and ponds that have become increasingly crowded. First off, a paperwork snafu prevented the Naples Marine Safety crew from being able to actually write tickets and impose […]