Archive for ‘News’

  • Food insecurity: Pantries see spike in winter

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Not everyone who needs extra assistance with food is able to get to a local food pantry. One pantry volunteer knows someone in his neighborhood who receives hospice care after a head injury left him unable to work. While hospice helps a few times a week, the […]

  • Parking logistics persist on Monday; pantry seeks new location

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Parking spaces around the Naples Town Office continue to be scarce, particularly for a few hours in the afternoon every other Monday. The area immediately behind the town office, which was once open for the taking, has now been designated for town employees only. Those signs were […]

  • Route 35 work delayed to Monday

    HARRISON — Due to unstable weather conditions, the culvert replacement project on Route 35 Harrison will be delayed until Monday, Aug. 18, the Maine Department of Transportation announced Tuesday. 

The location of the culvert replacement project is on Route 35 in Harrison, approximately 100 feet south of Zakelo Road. Route 35 southbound will be fully […]

  • Almost 500 tires removed from Casco woods

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — On Friday, the rubber hit the road. Old tires that had been dumped in the woods in Casco were loaded onto a truck bound for Massachusetts. After being hauled off by Bob’s Tire Company, the tires will be transferred to a business that recycles them. Almost 500 […]

  • Creamery Street use as a shortcut upsets residents

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Creamery Street resident Vanessa Jones opened a can of worms Tuesday when she suggested restricting through-traffic from using the street as a shortcut. Neither the Bridgton Board of Selectmen or town department heads were keen on the idea, but the board agreed to take a month to study the problem […]

  • Bid far exceeds budget for Depot Street project

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Some work will be done on Depot Street this fall, but the entire project will not be completed in six weeks as originally planned. The reason? Only one bid came back for the rebuilding of Bridgton’s Depot Street, and it was way over what the town had budgeted for the […]

  • Pleasant Lake dam leaking

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — The Pleasant Lake Dam has been leaking because of cracks in the 80-foot long structure. “Some of the cracks were letting a significant volume of water through. The bigger concern is that it was letting gravel through, which could further deteriorate the dam,” according to Casco Town […]

  • Selectmen to continue hearing on Comp Plan

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bridgton Selectmen agreed Tuesday to continue the formal public hearing on the updated Comprehensive Plan until Aug. 26, so that changes can still be made on unresolved questions before sending the plan to voters in November. No one from the public had questions or comments on the plan, which is […]

  • Naples selectmen meeting notes

    New Deputy Fire Chief named Mark Scribner was announced as the new Deputy Fire Chief for Naples. Scribner, who takes the position vacated by Andy Burnham, starts the job next week. Revising a pay-per-call policy is one of the initial tasks Scribner will be working on — along with Naples Fire Chief Chris Pond and […]

  • Residents pay to reverse foreclosures

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Imagine having to pay a $20,680 debt in two weeks? Imagine having to do that to keep a home that has been in the family for years? Two sisters stepped up to save their family home and the property on Lakewood Road that is now owned by […]