Archive for ‘News’

  • Signed consent agreement sparks disagreement

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Abutting neighbors to the property owners who have already signed a consent agreement with the Town of Naples came before the selectmen, asking for a reconsideration of what was referred to as “harsh” and “overly punitive” requests within the consent agreement. According to those neighbors who testified […]

  • Harrison man dies in Route 117 crash

    HARRISON — A Harrison man died Tuesday evening when his car struck a guardrail and rolled over on Route 117. At approximately 6:50 p.m., Cumberland County deputies responded to an emergency call in Harrison, and met a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction on Harrison Road at 92 mph in a 55 mph zone. Since […]

  • Trash haulers must honor ecomaine contract

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — The Town of Casco will crack down on local waste hauling companies that do not take the collected household waste to ecomaine in Portland. The employees of ecomaine will be responsible for policing the trash-hauling companies coming from communities that contract with ecomaine, according to Casco Town […]

  • Casco sets meeting for property purchase

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — As the concept of Casco’s future town hall takes shape, residents will decide during a Special Town Meeting whether or not to purchase the real estate for sale next to the fire station lot with existing funds. The undeveloped land is owned by James and Mary Jabbusch, […]

  • Simple living cottage style at Willett Brook

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer It’s midday on moving day Friday in Bridgton, but far from feeling frantic, Barbara Gunville sits in her screened-in front porch and chats with her son and daughter, Mark Gunville and Pam Jones. She doesn’t have much moving to do, seeing as how her mini eco-cottage came fully-furnished, and she […]

  • New principal a ‘good’ fit for Lake Region H.S.

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer When Ted Finn announced last month he was leaving Lake Region High School for a principal’s job just a few miles east (Gray), a search for his replacement started immediately. “We had a great candidate pool,” SAD 61 Superintendent Alan Smith told the school board Monday night. Twenty-three candidates […]

  • Songo River: A clean-up success story

    By Leigh Macmillen Hayes Special to The News The year was 2004 and the Songo River was so infested with the aquatic invasive variable-leaf milfoil (Myriophyllum heterophyllum) that people thought it was crazy for Lakes Environmental Association to take on the task of eradicating it. If you know LEA’s Executive Director Peter Lowell, however, you […]

  • To can the trash, or not?

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The simple service of providing trash cans at Bridgton’s town beaches came into question recently, when Selectman Greg Watkins asked why there wasn’t a trash receptacle at Woods Pond Beach. “All of the town parks are carry-in, carry-out,” Public Works Director Jim Kidder said. Turns out, however, that Highland Lake […]

  • ‘A story I had to tell’ — Kevin Hancock writes book about Pine Ridge journey

    “The goal should not be the eradication or abandonment of one culture in favor of another, but rather the connectivity of cultures. The best of mankind is distributed like a puzzle throughout all the peoples of the world, who, in the end, are not so different after all.” — Kevin Hancock, a quote from the […]

  • Chief Stillman vows to ‘respond appropriately’

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The man who spent every summer of his childhood on Moose Pond has returned to Bridgton as its new Police Chief. Richard B. Stillman was officially sworn in as Police Chief at a Monday welcoming gathering attended by around 30 people, including several of his relatives and fellow law enforcement […]