Archive for ‘News’

  • Residents storm meeting over roads’ plowing

      By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Residents drove from all directions to attend Tuesday night’s meeting on the plowing of private roads. The Casco Community Center’s large meeting room was filled to capacity, with many people standing and unable to move through the crowd to get to the microphone during the hour-long […]

  • New LRTV station manager hired

    Following the death in early June of John Likshis, who had served as Lake Region Television (LRTV) station manager since August of 2005, part-time employee Chris Richard was elevated to full-time production director. Over the past two months, Chris performed with excellence all of the functions, which Likshis had filled for the past 12 years. […]

  • Causeway Marina expands on new Route 11 lot

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Something deep in the ground caused one marina owner to rethink the location of his boat repair shop. “Remember a few years ago when the gas prices were through the roof. That was what prompted me to start looking for something closer,” said Dan Allen, who co-owns […]

  • Long Lake hit with milfoil outbreak

    NAPLES — Long Lake is no longer safe from milfoil. The Lakes Environmental Association and Maine Department of Environmental Protection have identified variable leaf milfoil growing in Long Lake. Long Lake had previously been thought to be safe from this invasive aquatic plant, but substantial growth has been found in Mast Cove in Naples. Variable […]

  • Proposed Bridgton land use rules put on shelf until June 2018 meeting

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Audrey Knight was expected to bring a fresh approach and “another set of eyes” to Bridgton’s planning and development. Her insight moved the Land Use Zoning Committee to abandon the idea of putting the proposed zoning ordinance before voters this November. In a prepared statement, committee member Bill Vincent […]

  • Pot-based businesses worry Naples officials

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — With the current Town Manager Ephrem Paraschak leaving next month for a town manager position in Gorham, he wanted to make certain that Naples staff and the planning board worked together on a proposed marijuana moratorium. He recommended that the board keep the topic on its future […]

  • Town tests out seagull-proofing docks

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — The new dock system on the Naples Causeway is getting a thumbs up from most people as long as there is room to moor their boat. Some feathered friends favor the docks, too. As resident Phillip “Buzz” Morton recently mentioned, “The docks look good and the seagulls […]

  • Bridgton to conduct income survey

    As Bridgton looks at ways to upgrade its wastewater system and open the door to continued development of the community, how to fund the major infrastructure project will be a big question. One piece needed to find the best funding approach is developing an accurate picture of Bridgton’s household incomes. Thus, a confidential survey will […]

  • Naples, Postal Service reach new lease agreement

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — How the decades fly by. It was 20 years ago that the Town of Naples last negotiated the lease contract with the United States Post Office (USPO). At the most recent Naples Town Meeting the residents voted to allow the local selectmen to negotiate a new lease […]

  • Narcan used to revive overdosed man at recreation area

    NAPLES — An Otisfield man was revived Sunday afternoon when Naples Rescue personnel and a sheriff’s deputies administered doses of Narcan at a recreational area. At 6:39 p.m., deputies and rescue personnel were sent to a Songo Locks recreational area after receiving a report of a male, who was not breathing due to an overdose. […]