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  • Naples to float bond to pay for intersection upgrade

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — In 2012, the Town of Naples was the recipient of a state transportation department project, which called for the replacement of the swing bridge and the improvements to the Causeway. Another infrastructure upgrade is on the way. During this two-year budget cycle for the Maine Department of […]

  • Opioid response director shares Mills’ message of hope, recovery

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer Gordon Smith, the state’s newly-appointed opioid response director, spent Thursday morning at an elementary school where the theme was a world without opioids. Then, in the early evening, Smith met with community members who have accepted that opioid addiction is a reality and have embarked on treating addicts with […]

  • Store owner sentenced for tax evasion; responds to charges

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer FRYEBURG — When Bob Quinn stood before a judge last week to answer to charges that he underreported sales at his Jockey Cap Country Store and failed to pay expected sales tax for a 10-year period, he wanted to do the right thing. He pleaded guilty. And, he wants […]

  • Naples manager addresses pot facility rumor

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Naples Town Manager John Hawley is debunking the rumor that a major utility company installed new electric lines to power a future pot research facility. “We, staff and selectmen, have been hearing on more than one occasion that the recent CMP powerline upgrades on Route 302 were […]

  • A barbecue ‘worth the wait’

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer Josh Enos opened up his food truck, Worth the Wait BBQ, for business four days a week in mid-January; and, many times he runs out of barbecued meat before the shift is over. Menu items like dino ribs and beef briskets often go from the smoker into the to-go […]

  • Selectmen notes: Salmon Point suit settlement in works?

    More notes from last week’s Bridgton selectmen’s meeting: Agreement close? The town and Salmon Point Road property owner Carol Martini may be close to an agreement regarding a lawsuit filed concerning public use of the private roadway leading to the town beach. Martini filed for a declaratory judgment in mid-August in Superior Court in Portland, […]

  • State’s first opioid response director to be LRSAC speaker

    Editor’s Note: The print edition incorrectly identified the meeting date as March 12. The LRSAC meeting is Thursday, March 14. The News apologizes for the mistake. Maine’s first Opioid Response Director, Gordon Smith, will be the guest speaker at the Lakes Region Substance Awareness Coalition meeting on Thursday, March 14 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. […]

  • Superintendent feels 2.6% SAD 61 hike ‘fiscally responsibile’

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer It took two rounds of budget reductions, but Superintendent Al Smith ­believes SAD 61 has reached a level of funding for 2019-2020 that is “fiscally responsible.” With some revenue figures still up in the air due to some uncertainty coming out of Augusta, the figure the school board feels […]

  • Milfoil decree expands to all water

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — It started with one person. One Naples resident made a request to include Tricky Pond in an ordinance requiring all major points of entry into the water to be surveyed for invasive aquatic plants like milfoil. Joe Kellogg said that it was commendable that the town had […]

  • Manager offers to be part-time road commissioner

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — A proposal by the current Casco town manager to serve as a part-time road commissioner after he retires was made public on Tuesday. It is just food for thought, an arrangement that could work well if the Casco Board of Selectmen decided to do away with the […]