Archive for ‘News’

  • Slow start for hotel appeal

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer For over a year, a “seasoned” Planning Board asked pointed questions, reviewed a stack of data and considered a wide range of testimony before approving the Hotel Bridgton project. So when veteran chairman John Schuettinger was unavailable due to a medical issue, a relatively rookie Board of Appeals decided […]

  • Pike Corner turns to four-way stop by October

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer The intersection of Route 121 and Route 11, also known as Pike Corner, will change from a two-way stop to a four-way stop by mid-October, according to Casco Town Manager Courtney O’Donnell. CASCO — The wheels are in motion to turn a dangerous intersection in Casco into a four-way […]

  • Selectman pushes for transfer station repairs

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — An elected, local official hopes to put some money where the trash is. Essentially, he wants to make certain that existing funds are put towards repairing the area where vehicles drive through the transfer site that is shared by the towns of Casco and Naples. Casco Selectman […]

  • Casco postpones pot op-in

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Casco is putting pot on the back burner. That’s because there is a lot of prep work to be done first. The Town of Casco’s management and elected officials agreed that more research is needed before putting a recreational marijuana opt-in clause before voters. In fact, the […]

  • Flight of the Butterfly: Release, festival set for Sunday

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer After five years of raising and releasing monarch butterflies in the Bridgton area, there has been some feedback to indicate that the local population of monarchs is on the rebound. “People are saying that since we started doing this, they are seeing more monarchs in their yards, at the […]

  • Naming opportunities for Magic Lantern 4-H innovation lab

    A $4 million fundraising campaign is underway to purchase the Magic Lantern in Bridgton, and expand the community engagement it offers with the development of an innovation lab and learning center for youth. The 4-H program, run by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension plans to run the theater in the same manner, showing current […]

  • Overdose reality: Awareness vigil gives some comfort

    Dawn De Busk Staff Writer A flag, a loved one whose life was snuffed out by addiction. Solemnly, friends and family placed more than three-dozen custom-made flags in the earth, on the lawn behind the Lakes Region Recovery Center in Bridgton. Haley Wormwood was 32 years old when she overdosed. Her story did not end […]

  • Amid news of rising dangers of vaping, awareness session planned at LRHS Wednesday

    The news about vaping is sobering: A Pennsylvania teenager is in a medically induced coma for a severe lung illness caused by his vaping habit. The 19-year-old is connected to a heart/lung machine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania where doctors said he may need a double lung transplant. The teen had quit […]

  • Day campers can dip toes into wellness retreat

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer The first weekend in September is often referred to as the “Last Hurrah.” The second weekend in September could be referred to as the ladies’ hurrah because of a decade-and-half-old retreat for women held here in the Lake Region. The Mainely Women Wellness Retreat has been in existence for […]

  • New outdoor music ordinance to be heard

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — It seems there was barely time for introductions before the new town planner for the Town of Naples was put to work. After all, there were a lot of ordinances that needed to be amended or developed. These items must be approved at a Special Town Meeting, […]