Archive for ‘News’

  • Casco to sell tax-acquired lots

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — A few dozen parcels of land will be put out to bid to the public. All the lots will be sold through the quitclaim deed process — meaning buyers of these properties have no guarantee to a clean title and are liable for any interest owed on […]

  • Resident happy with ‘Children at Play’ sign

      By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — On the Saturday before Thanksgiving, the letters arrived in the mail. Residents on Millstream Terrace were notified that the Casco Board of Selectmen had decided not to pursue posting a speed limit on the public easement. However, the town supplied and erected three signs on the […]

  • CRES project heads to the polls; mixed thoughts expressed at final hearing

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer As residents across SAD 61 took turns at the microphone Tuesday night, at the final public hearing regarding the $9.6 million proposed Crooked River School renovation and construction proposal, varying positions were voiced: • Friends of Sebago Elementary supporters reiterated their position that they agree a solution is needed […]

  • Supporters of Causeway stones urged to attend meeting

      By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bridgton Selectmen are strongly urging anyone who wants to see the granite stones on the Moose Pond Causeway preserved to attend a public meeting set for Tuesday, Dec. 15, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Bridgton Municipal Complex. At the board’s Nov. 24 meeting, Chairman Bernie King said […]

  • Fire Department rift healed with meeting of minds

      By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer A major healing is taking place of relations between Bridgton’s Volunteer Fire Department and the Board of Selectmen. It began with the board’s recent acceptance of a study that used dry statistics and data gathering to paint a picture of firefighting needs in town, now and in the future. […]

  • Great Northern Docks leases town space

      By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — A longtime local business will lease storage space from the Town of Naples. The leasing of town-owned land to Great Northern Docks was already approved at the Town Meeting in June. However, residents voted to allow the town to enter into a multi-year lease contract on […]

  • Bridgton PD ramping up patrols to nab drunk drivers

      The Bridgton Police Department has joined in with a national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign this holiday season, and will be increasing the number of patrols and possibly setting up roadblocks to search for and arrest drunk drivers. The stepped-up enforcement period designated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration runs from […]

  • Stoplight won’t go green; residents go green

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — There is a little less green when the tourists leave. It seems that rule applies to the traffic stoplight on Roosevelt Trail. A few weeks ago, the green signal quit lighting up. So did the red signal. In recent weeks, the stoplight stopped changing colors altogether and […]

  • ‘Friends of Sebago Elementary’ urge ‘No’ vote; rally brings message to Bridgton

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Denise Olsen never, ever expected to be holding a sign of protest at Bridgton’s main intersection. But, drastic times require drastic measures said the leader of Friends of Sebago Elementary School. Strongly feeling the budgetary ax could finally fall on their community school if a plan to expand Crooked […]

  • Naples prevails in dog on beach challenge

      By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The Maine Human Rights Commission ruled Monday against a Naples man who was kicked off the Naples Town Beach last summer while training an emotional therapy dog. In so doing, the Commission made a distinction between the legal classification of emotional therapy dogs, used as a support for housing, […]