Archive for ‘News’

  • Rumble strips to be installed this summer

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — The rumble strip is a simple solution. Rumble strips, the grooves placed in the pavement on the centerline, have been used to reduce head-on collisions, according to the state transportation department. When a vehicle’s tires pass over the rumble strip, it creates a noise that alerts the […]

  • Naples to rev up vehicle registrations of new voters

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — The Town of Naples will try to rev up the number of vehicles registrations being done with the town. By sending out mailings to remind new residents to register their vehicles with Naples, the town could bolster a familiar revenue stream. The letters aren’t in the mail […]

  • Public gives thoughts about Songo Locks, Crooked River Schools, and their futures

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — It does not all come down to dollars and cents. Yet, people want to know how much it will cost. That cost will impact property taxes. Twice, voters in four towns rejected funding a construction project that would have renovated an existing school to counter overcrowding in […]

  • A view of the opioid crisis from a public safety perspective

      By Richard Stillman Bridgton Chief of Police How does the opioid crisis impact public safety? It has certainly placed overwhelming demands on law enforcement, the state court system, and jails. At the police department, the number of calls-for-service has increased and we often find either the perpetrator or victim (or both), in a variety […]

  • Scribner Mills bridge could face closure

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer HARRISON — Restoration and plenty of hard work breathed new life into Scribners Mills — the site of the annual Back to the Past days. The same, however, may not hold true for the bridge that spans Crooked River and leads to the old homestead. The future of the […]

  • End of the line for Village Folk Festival?

    It is with much soul searching that the planning team of the Village Folk Festival has decided not to continue with planning a Festival for 2017. “This effort has been carried squarely on the shoulders of three or four of us, from the start, four years ago,” Festival organizer Lucia Terry said. “We are the […]

  • Resident points out infractions to planning board

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — A Naples resident, who was initially denied picnic tables for her proposed takeout food business, looked for examples of temporary structures in the Shoreland Zone to prove her request could be allowable. She did not have to look far. “Most towns will allow what other businesses are […]

  • U.S. Senator Angus King hears local hospital concerns about Affordable Care Act repeal

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Rather than simply listening to politicians talk about what effects repeal of the Affordable Care Act will have on the country, U.S. Senator Angus King returned home to find some answers. One stop was Bridgton Hospital last Friday. Meeting with hospital administrators and physicians, Sen. King started the roundtable […]

  • Krieg resigns as Bridgton’s economic director

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer As Anne Krieg read an advertisement sent to her to consider, the more she read the more she became intrigued. “I looked into the position and what it entailed and it interested me,” Krieg said. “I have never done regional planning so it’s a good career move for me […]

  • Engineer outlines wastewater disposal options

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Bridgton’s economic future is directly tied to the town’s ability to handle wastewater. Brent Bridges, a senior principal with the engineering firm of Woodard & Curran of Portland, is close to laying out options Bridgton can consider to improve and expand its wastewater treatment facilities. By the end of […]