Archive for ‘News’

  • Medical marijuana — Board eyes limits on number of dispensaries

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The Bridgton Planning Board is considering limiting the number of Medical Marijuana dispensaries allowed in town, and making other major changes to the rules adopted by voters at the June Town Meeting. Suggestions for the revisions drawn up by the board’s attorney were discussed at a Tuesday workshop. Agnieszka Pinette […]

  • Former Machias town manager hired in Denmark

      By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Former Machias Town Manager Chris Loughlin has been hired as Denmark’s new Town Manager, replacing Dan Merhalski, who resigned July 31. The hiring ends a half-year period that Denmark has been without a town manager, and comes more than a year after dissent arose over Merhalski’s leadership style and […]

  • Baby Jesus, Mary stolen from créche

      By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — During the Christmas season Jesus’s birth is put in the spotlight. A spotlight literally illuminated the nativity scene outside the Casco Village Church. Despite that lighting, someone stole the figures of baby Jesus and his mother Mary. On Sunday, parishioners noticed that Jesus and Mary were […]

  • Naples board talks taxes

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Taxes were the topic on several fronts. On Monday, Naples residents and elected public officials discussed tax-acquired land, heard a clarification of when the town puts tax liens on real estate as well as the possibility of a more aggressive collection of that tax, and talked about […]

  • Casco keeps conservation lots

      By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — There is so much promise in an undeveloped piece of land. So is the case with two parcels of tax-acquired properties on Heath Road, near Thompson Lake. The Casco Open Space Commission (OSC) views these parcels as valuable for conservational reasons — whether the lots are […]

  • Crooked River School project fails by big margin

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Area voters Tuesday sent a clear message to SAD 61 officials that a $9.6 million renovation and new construction at Crooked River School was too much money for their liking. Or, were there other reasons the project was rejected by a 1,698-604 margin? Superintendent of Schools Al Smith will […]

  • Abutters file appeal on Bridgton Bottled Gas plans

      By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Raspberry Lane residents Robert and Rita Tyska filed an administrative appeal Dec. 1 of the Bridgton Planning Board’s decision to approve plans submitted by Bridgton Bottled Gas for a 30,000-gallon propane tank at the end of their road off Route 302. The appeal, which will deal only with narrow […]

  • Resurface Lower Main, race committee says

      By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The 4 on the Fourth Race Committee wants Bridgton Selectmen to repave the section of Lower Main Street where the race begins, but Selectmen don’t want to give the problem a temporary solution. A layer of hot top would cost around $50,000, but to do the job right, with […]

  • Hattie catches big air at dock jumping Nationals

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Every so often, a special dog comes along with so much energy and so much heart it’s contagious. Such is the case with a black Labrador retriever named Hattie, who has inspired pride and joy in both the staff and clients of Bridgton Veterinary Hospital. So much so, that the […]

  • Naples board unaware of business’ back-tax debt

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Two selectmen provided incorrect information when asked what is being done to collect a sizable tax debt owed to the Town of Naples by one local business. Currently, the community-based company — which has been brought up during discussions in public forums — is actively pursuing options […]