Archive for ‘News’

  • Legislators answer letter writer regarding ‘no’ vote on LMF bond

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer When Daniel Crofts of Casco saw that an attempt by legislators to advance Land for Maine’s Future bond sales despite the governor’s opposition fell just short of the two-thirds majority needed, he looked to see how local representatives voted. His question became, why did they vote against the measure? […]

  • ‘It’s repulsive’ — Bags containing pet feces pulled from Trull Brook

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer SWEDEN — Miriam Gibely was looking to enjoy fresh air while on a walk with her dog Saturday along Trull Brook Road in Sweden. Instead, she stumbled upon a stinky and disturbing situation. “I stopped on the little bridge to gaze down into the burbling stream and spied about […]

  • LEA opens the Maine Lake Science Center

    By Leigh Macmillen Hayes Special to The News Last week, I sat in the conference room of the brand new Maine Lake Science Center, in awe of this space, which the Lakes Environmental Association (LEA) has created over the past year. To be honest, it was a seven-year undertaking since Executive Director Peter Lowell, his […]

  • Couple robbed at gunpoint at boat landing

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bridgton Police are tracking down leads in hopes of catching two men wearing facemasks, who committed armed robbery after threatening a man and woman from Bridgton with a handgun and a pipe at the boat landing on Power House Road. A neighbor called police around 8:30 p.m. July 21 after […]

  • Casco Fire, Rescue outline purchases

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — The Casco Fire and Rescue Department is scheduled to get a new tanker truck next spring as well as a much needed replacement for its 1987 ambulance. Also, well before winter arrives, the shingles on the fire station roof will be replaced, and water and ice guards […]

  • Naples backs budget cuts

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — To everyone’s knowledge, Naples is the first town in Maine to have voters at a Town Meeting approve the budget, and then vote down a warrant article allowing the town to exceed the tax levy limit without making any adjustments to the just approved budget. In most […]

  • Jacked up Bridgton Town Hall now level

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Anyone who has renovated an old building knows the maxim: you never know what you’ll find until you have it uncovered. So says Bridgton Town Manager Bob Peabody about the ongoing repair project at Bridgton’s historic Town Hall. “It was always the hope that the building could remain open, but […]

  • Come welcome the new police chief

    WHO: New Bridgton Police Chief Richard Stillman WHAT: Official Swearing-in Ceremony WHEN: Monday, July 27, 6 p.m. WHERE: Municipal Complex, downstairs multipurpose room By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bridgton may have just hit the jackpot in attracting the caliber of police chief that is Richard Stillman. Just consider what people were saying in Walpole, Mass., […]

  • Fryeburg hits more snags with Rescue/Police building

    By Emily Butterfield Contributing Writer FRYEBURG — The discussion on extending the existing lease with Fryeburg Rescue for space for the Police Department took a very different turn than what was anticipated at the last Thursday’s selectmen’s meeting. Selectmen were about to continue the existing lease when Bill Kane of Fryeburg Rescue asked whether or […]

  • Casco considers paid leave days for part-time staff

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — The chairman of the Casco Board of Selectmen said she was excited to have an updated personnel policy on its way to legal counsel for a final fine-tuning. “This is going to be great. We are going to have a 2015 on our personnel policy,” Chairman Holly […]