Archive for ‘News’

  • Casco seeks leverage to collect personal property taxes

      By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — It can be as taxing to try to collect taxes as it is for debtors to pay them. A highly-visible local business owes personal property taxes to the Town of Casco. In an effort to collect any unpaid personal property taxes now and in the future, […]

  • Turkeys target of driver’s ire?

        By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Eight wild turkeys were struck and killed, apparently deliberately, on the Burnham Road Nov. 17. Whoever killed the birds, however, didn’t stick around to collect their Thanksgiving dinner — either too shocked or ashamed by what they’d done. But the birds were tagged, and given to the person […]

  • Outdoorsy ones want sidewalks

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — While Naples town officials might like the idea of having more sidewalks in town, residents who walk Route 35 during the winter will have to settle for having the snowbanks pushed back a little farther. And, even that solution is a maybe rather than a promise. During […]

  • Naples pumper purchase in progress

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — A 2008 water-pumping truck will likely join the Naples Fire and Rescue Department’s fleet — certainly before Christmas. The replacement vehicle has been on the fire department’s wish list for a while. Money has been set aside in a reserve — at a rate of $20,000 a […]

  • Bridgton Comp Plan deemed ‘complete and consistent’

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer State approval this week of Bridgton’s Comprehensive Plan means that the work of the Land Use & Zoning Committee to draft a townwide zoning plan — begun several months ago — can now begin in earnest. “We have now concluded our review and are very pleased to inform you that […]

  • Harrison seeking enforcement on campground decks

      By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Harrison Selectmen and Vacationland Campground are negotiating an agreement to correct a Shoreland Zoning violation that neither side was aware of — entrance decks to campers on lakefront lots. Campground owner Gretchen Osgood met with the board last month and said she had no idea when she bought the […]

  • Recreation slowly returning to Bridgton Town Hall

      By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The furnace is on order and should arrive soon, and for Bridgton Recreation Director Gary Colello, it can’t be soon enough. All summer and fall, most town recreation programs at Town Hall have been on hold while workers from Dotens Construction have been busy shoring up the foundation and […]

  • Larry Balboni, the man makes the uniform

        By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Lawrence “Larry” Balboni does not mind the snow. The Naples resident does not mind the snow because he enjoys downhill skiing, especially at Sunday River Resort, and sometimes at Shawnee Peak on Pleasant Mountain. At 91 years old, Balboni tries to avoid the taking jumps […]

  • Wetland lots to stay in Casco’s hands

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — A few pieces of property, which are owned by the town through tax liens, might have some conservation value, considering the land abuts or straddles wetlands. That is the according to the recommendations of the Casco Open Space Commission (OSC), which toured the parcels recently. The commission’s […]

  • Selectmen to seek sewer revote next June

      By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bridgton Selectmen wasted no time Tuesday in voting to hold a revote on the failed sewer ordinance revisions at the June 2016 Town Meeting. The fact that voters on Nov. 3 rejected the revisions by a vote of 575 to 424 was seen by selectmen not as a mandate […]