Archive for ‘News’

  • Bridgton out front in call for revenue sharing reform

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bridgton Selectmen are way out front of a statewide lobbying effort by towns to restore fairness in Maine’s Revenue Sharing Program. The board is inviting elected officials from all over the Lake Region and beyond, as well as area legislators, to a Revenue Sharing Forum they are hosting on Tuesday, […]

  • Board pressing SAD 61 for Memorial School decision

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bridgton Selectmen are out of patience with the SAD 61 School District’s indecision on whether to turn over the former Memorial School to the town. They fear that the 1950s-era school building has already deteriorated by sitting vacant for the past half-decade, and that the situation is only becoming worse. […]

  • Fuel Bank issues call for funding help

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Around 22 Bridgton families have been helped so far this winter with heating assistance, but those numbers are expected to climb dramatically when the January cold freeze hits, and donations are needed now, said Mike Tarantino. “We’re getting steady requests for fuel assistance, and expect to serve around 70 families […]

  • Bridgton to host BikeMaine Tour campover

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bridgton Selectmen are psyched that the town will have the chance to showcase itself next September, when nearly 400 bicyclists will camp overnight beside the Bridgton Community Center during the Bicycle Coalition of Maine’s BikeMaine 2015 tour. “I’ve been waiting a long time for something like this to happen — […]

  • Bridgton-to-Portland bus run develops flat tire

    The Bridgton Transportation Authority is saddened to report that the Lakes Region Bus will not be connecting Bridgton to Portland anytime before July 1, 2015, and perhaps not even then. A start date for the bus leaving Bridgton, on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, had been decided upon, but during a conversation with Jack DeBeradinis, RTP’s […]

  • Fire leaves state park headquarters in ruins

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Park Manager Matt McGuire woke up to the sound of sirens. He looked out his window across the Songo River, and caught the sight of flames coming from the Sebago Lake State Park Headquarters building. It was the morning of Dec. 10. Immediately, he drove from the […]

  • Site walk slated for seasonal development

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — The residents of a seasonal housing development on Sebago Lake aren’t happy with how things developed. Some of the property owners who purchased a home more than 10 years ago have to adhere to strict covenants. They cannot finish the basement or extend the second floor deck, […]

  • Route 5 crash claims second victim

    FRYEBURG — The operator of the motor vehicle involved in last Tuesday’s fatal crash in Fryeburg has died. Paul Cundiff, 64, of Porter, passed away at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston on Monday from injuries sustained in the Dec. 9 crash on Route 5. Details of this now double-fatal crash are still under investigation, […]

  • Bids going out for Bridgton Town Hall repairs

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bridgton Selectmen are very close to the bidding phase for long-awaited structural improvements to the Town Hall on North High Street. Construction is expected to get underway this coming March on the $300,000 project, which will address water problems, repair a broken beam in the first floor framing and rotted […]

  • After 35 years, last shift nears for Lt. Madura

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The accolades have been flooding into the Bridgton Police Department’s Facebook page since the news broke that one of the “last of the great ones,” Lt. Peter Madura, is retiring after 35 years. “I hope you remember you are the last of the great ones. Love MR. PETE,” said one […]