Archive for ‘News’

  • Getting costs on Casco Town Hall plans

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — A timeline has been penned on the calendar. The Casco Board of Selectmen publically announced a schedule for putting together cost estimates for a town hall at two possible locations. The focus has been narrowed down to the renovation of the former TD Bank building next to […]

  • For all occasions? Veterans receive eagle head canes

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES – Two local veterans of World War II received an eagle head cane inscribed with their names and dates of military service. One of the men, Fred Gilman, said he would only bring it out on special occasions; while the other gentleman, Reginald “Reggie” Mains, said he would […]

  • BRAG wins right to relocate concession stand

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The Bridgton Planning Board on Tuesday ruled in favor of the Bridgton Recreation Advancement Group in a dispute with the town over a plan to relocate the concession stand at the BRAG Complex. BRAG officials want to build a concession stand with bathrooms in the center of the athletic complex, […]

  • Two-town work crew to be explored

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — The Town of Naples has a part-time maintenance person who performs odd jobs from emptying the trash to replacing missing or damaged road signs. Still, on a year-round basis, items on the “to do” list require more hours to finish than the amount of time the maintenance […]

  • The ABCs of CDBG in Bridgton

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The town of Bridgton has received $1.6 million over the past eight years from the Cumberland County Community Development Block Grant Program, and nearly half of that, or $760,000, has gone toward improving the downtown sewer system. Another $580,000 has been split equally between improvements to Depot Street and community […]

  • Bridgton one of top 20 safest places to live in Maine

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bridgton has the third lowest crime rate in Cumberland County, and the highest clearance rate of any of the county’s 28 towns and cities. Police Chief Kevin Schofield told Bridgton Selectmen Tuesday that those statistics make Bridgton one of the 20 safest places to live in Maine, according to a […]

  • SAD 61 hires firm to study elementary school options

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer SAD 61 will continue to “kick the can down the road” — as Casco director Stan Buchanan put it Monday night — in regard to solving overcrowding and parking woes at Songo Locks School for at least another year. Status quo prevails, once more. But, a precise, clear answer […]

  • Three survive icy river, road rage encounter

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — On Monday afternoon, an incident between the occupants of two vehicles began on Route 302 in North Windham, and escalated 15 miles later, when the person operating the truck bumped the smaller vehicle — sending it toward the snow-packed guardrail and into the Crooked River, according to […]

  • Snow house brightens up winter on Fosterville Road

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer As the snow bank in his driveway rose higher with each new storm, Richard Lee, of 78 Fosterville Road, Bridgton, finally could take it no more. So, the kid in him took over. Using the snow sculpture skills he’d honed decades before as a Lake Region High School student, Lee […]

  • Road salt being rationed

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Getting enough road salt to keep the roads clear “is becoming a real issue” for Bridgton and other Maine towns, Bridgton Town Manager Bob Peabody said Tuesday. Peabody told Bridgton Selectmen that road salt in the Northeast is currently being rationed, and for some time Bridgton has not been getting […]