Archive for ‘News’

  • Dealing with the pain of a loved one’s mental illness

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Two women from the Lake Region have made it their mission to help families cope with the pain, guilt and horrible helplessness that comes when a loved one is diagnosed with a mental illness. Deborah Buffington of Bridgton and Susan Dovell of Harrison didn’t know each other when they went […]

  • Concerns raised after Route 11 fatal crash

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Residents and town officials in Casco started a conversation about ways to reduce the number of vehicular accidents that occur on Route 11. On Tuesday, it was noted that earlier that day along Route 11 a driver had lost control of a vehicle, which ended up taking […]

  • With two weeks until school opening, SAD 61 loses two administrators

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer With the start of the new school year just two weeks away, SAD 61 is searching for a new middle school principal and an adult education director. Tonya Arnold resigned as Lake Region Middle School principal effective Aug. 11. She has been named the principal of the Maine Academy […]

  • Residents: Lawyer contradicted DEP letter

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Several citizens of Naples brought it to the attention of elected public officials that statements made by the town attorney in mid-July contradicted a letter dated December 2014. The residents spoke on Aug. 10 during the bi-monthly Naples Board of Selectmen meeting; and they asked for an […]

  • Camp Arcadia: ‘Like having 100s of sisters’

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer OTISFIELD — Eleanor Tracy Cochran and her younger sister, Ann Tracy Ross, remember the skills they learned at Camp Arcadia such as swimming, canoeing, archery, marksmanship with a rifle, as well as weaving and letter-writing. The director of the all-girls camp on the shores of Pleasant Lake believed that […]

  • LEA keeps close watch on water quality

    By Leigh Macmillen Hayes Special to The News For more than 40 years, the Lakes Environmental Association has been monitoring the water quality of area lakes on a biweekly basis from May through October. Regular testing from boats provides a general idea of a lake’s state of affairs at that given moment. From the information […]

  • Child dies after vehicle leaves Route 11, strikes utility pole

    CASCO — A 4-year-old from Gray died Tuesday as the result of a single-vehicle crash on Poland Spring Road in Casco. At 5:55 a.m., a black 1993 Honda Civic four-door, operated by Michael Minson, 28, of Gray was traveling west on Poland Spring Road (Route 11, .5 miles west of Quaker Ridge Road). After passing […]

  • Residents fighting big propane tank plan

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Raspberry Lane residents are upset over plans for a 30,000-gallon propane tank filling operation at the entrance to their small residential subdivision off the Portland Road. After considering the application at their Aug. 4 meeting, the Bridgton Planning Board tabled the plans until their Sept. 1 meeting. Business partners Todd […]

  • Medical marijuana growing operation okayed

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Despite concerns expressed by new Police Chief Richard Stillman, the Bridgton Planning Board tentatively approved plans Aug. 4 for part of the old Bridgton Knitting Mill to be used in growing medical marijuana. Canuvo operates a licensed medical marijuana dispensary in Biddeford, and will be using 31,000 square feet of […]

  • LEA’s Holt Pond Preserve — well worth a visit

    By Leigh Macmillen Hayes Special to The News I hope you will make time to pass under the hemlocks, beeches and oaks and into the wild and delicate beauty that the Holt Pond Preserve on the Bridgton/Naples town line offers. The preserve was created by Lakes Environmental Association, beginning with an initial purchase of 30 […]