Archive for ‘News’

  • Harrison closes out fiscal year on plus note

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer HARRISON — With the fiscal year just three days from coming to a close, Tim Pellerin had plenty of reasons to smile. His municipal budget was “dead on,” as the books will close with the town hitting most of its expenditure targets and revenue exceeded expectations — up 11% […]

  • Town hall named after outgoing manager

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — It was fitting that Eben Marsh, the former town manager of Gorham, was the first to speak at Casco Town Manager Dave Morton’s retirement party. After all, Marsh gave Morton his first job with a municipality. Morton did an internship with the Town of Gorham, which turned […]

  • Naples past, present in one building

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — The Naples Information Center and the Naples Museum are reunited under one roof and ready for summertime traffic. In fact, the one building in the Village Green that houses both entities will be open on the Fourth of July from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Merging the […]

  • Different mission, same goal — Helping others

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer For 32 years,Greg Grigsby’s mission in life was to help children. As a school psychologist, he built trust and connections with youngsters and assisted them with a wide range of problems from lacking self-worth to overcoming troubles from living with parents struggling with alcoholism or drugs. When he decided […]

  • Cebra resigns selectman’s post

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — A businessman, politician and longtime resident of this town has resigned from the Naples Board of Selectmen. Rich Cebra announced his resignation from the board through an e-mail sent to his fellow selectmen prior to the board’s most recent meeting. In the e-mail, Cebra highlighted some of […]

  • Ways to keep busy before Naples parade

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Traditionally, thousands of people visit the Naples Causeway on July 4th for two primary reasons: the parade and the fireworks. This year, there will be an array of activities taking place on the Village Green prior to the parade. The activities, which take place between 9 a.m. […]

  • New start point for Naples July 4 parade

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Every story has a beginning, and this is an important one. The Naples’ Independence Day parade will begin at the town property immediately next to the Naples Fire Station. This is the first year that the Naples’ parade will be starting at that spot. The parade start […]

  • Drivers’ behavior makes signs ineffective

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — The chair of the local board of selectmen was driving in another town when she got an idea of something that might work in Casco. “I saw signs that as you are approaching that said ‘dangerous intersection.’ They were big and they were flashing. I was wondering […]

  • Group follows wrong road standard

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — A group of property owners in the development of Settlers Village improved the road, bringing in thousands of yards of fill, widening it to 18 wide and putting in proper drainage ditches. The goal was to get the town to accept the road as a public easement. […]

  • Conversation with David Morton

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — In February 1978, the person hired as the Casco town manager had not yet graduated from college. However, he already had four years of work experience with a municipality. A work-study job with the Town of Gorham helped Dave Morton land the position as town manager in […]