Archive for ‘News’

  • Selectmen fighting Moose Pond Causeway guardrail plan

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bridgton Board of Selectmen are fighting a plan by the Maine Department of Transportation to install a guardrail in front of the granite stone blocks that run along one side of the Moose Pond Causeway, as part of a planned paving project. On Tuesday, the board directed Town Manager Bob […]

  • Casco official reacts to LePage tax plan

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Casco residents have been asking Town Manager Dave Morton what kind of impacts Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed tax plan might have on their lives, particularly on their property taxes. Morton’s simple answer has been: He cannot completely predict the outcome of the proposed tax reform. Secondly, it […]

  • Point Sebago agrees to one-year extension

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — When Point Sebago representatives came before the Casco Planning Board on Monday, the word “deal breaker” came up several times. In the end, Point Sebago and the board came to a compromise — a one-year renewal of the contract zone agreement instead of the 10-year extension for […]

  • Community Band creates musical tribute fund in Honabergers’ memory

    The families of Carol and Dale Honaberger are pleased that a committee from the Bridgton Community Band on Monday announced the creation of a musical tribute fund, “In Memory of the Honabergers.” The aim of the fund is to finance a suitable musical memorial to Dale and Carol, who died in a car crash Jan. […]

  • Nowell named new Fryeburg PW director

    By Emily Gillette Contributing Writer FRYEBURG — Dan Nowell will be taking over the roll of Public Works Director for the Town of Fryeburg. Nowell, who started his new position in early January of this year, was picked from among a pool of sixteen applicants, according to Town Manager Sharon Jackson. Nowell has had a […]

  • New turf fields planned for Bridgton Academy

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Major changes are in store for two of the athletic fields at Bridgton Academy. The all-male one-year prep school has plans to reconstruct its football and baseball fields using synthetic turf, and rotate the configuration of the baseball diamond to better capture sunlight paths. The project will transform the football […]

  • SAD 61 drops Grade 5 move to ease overcrowding

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Fifth grades will remain in elementary schools this fall. SAD 61 abandoned the idea of moving all fifth graders to Lake Region Middle School as a way to ease overcrowding at Songo Locks School. Last week at a special meeting held in the Great Room at Lake Region Vocational […]

  • Running for a cause: the Dempsey Challenge

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer NAPLES — Only a year ago, George Vooris could hardly get out of bed. Crippled in all of his joints by psoriatic arthritis, a chronic inflammatory disease, the 56-year-old Naples resident had all he could do to simply walk, let alone run. All that changed, however, once he got on […]

  • Electric car charger to be unveiled

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Are you ready to plug into a greener era in motor vehicle history? Casco sure is. This winter, the Town of Casco installed an electric car charger behind the Casco Community Center. This charger will open the doors for people who choose to drive an electric car. […]

  • Harrison proposed budget up 3.1%

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer HARRISON — Harrison Town Manager George “Bud” Finch is projecting a 3.1% increase in the upcoming budget, which would raise the mil rate from $10.95 to around $11.30 per $1,000 of valuation. In his Jan. 23 weekly update, Finch said that even given the increase, municipal services are actually operating […]