Archive for ‘News’

  • Crosswalks’ hours to shift

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — For years, Crosswalk Community Outreach has been holding its bi-monthly food pantry and free meals at the Naples Town Gymnasium. For the time being, the venue will remain the same. However, the time frame will shift to slightly later in the afternoon. During this past winter, people […]

  • Bridgton adopts Salmon Point marketing plan

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer With 12 sites to fill next season at the Salmon Point Campground, the need for some aggressive marketing by the town has become apparent. Bridgton Selectmen agreed Tuesday to spend $2,500, and possibly twice that, to immediately begin advertising the seasonal campground in national camping magazines and on the Internet. […]

  • Route 302 crash injures five local residents

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Driver inattention was a contributing factor in a one-vehicle rollover crash Friday on Route 302 that sent a compact car with five Bridgton residents careening down a grassy embankment at a 45-degree angle for over 100 yards before hitting some trees near the Burnham Road. Injured in the 2 p.m. […]

  • LaCasce’s departure from FA seen as sudden end of a sterling career

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer FRYEBURG — Speculation abounds, but few details are being given by Fryeburg Academy over the sudden departure of Brent LaCasce, one of its most accomplished and celebrated faculty members. When LaCasce’s employment at the independent secondary school in Fryeburg ended abruptly on Oct. 1, he was at the height of […]

  • Casco lands environmental award

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Two summers ago on the shores of Sebago Lake, rallies were held to remember the one-year anniversary of the tar sands oil spill on the Kalamazoo River. For many Lakes Region residents, word of such rallies was the first time they had heard of tar sands oil, […]

  • Casco: Too much carried forward?

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Local elected officials were concerned about what they perceived as a large sum of money being carried forward from the previous year’s budget. The Casco Board of Selectmen recently questioned if there was a way to lower some of the carry-forward amounts. If, year after year, the […]

  • Board nears goal for new fire protection standards

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer With equal parts caution and determination, the Bridgton Planning Board moved ahead Tuesday with a long-studied plan to adopt tougher fire protection standards for subdivisions. A workshop on Tuesday, Oct. 29, has been set to finalize the language for those standards, crafted as an amendment to the subdivision ordinance, which […]

  • Trek was life changing experience

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer CASCO — Melissa Panter expected riding a bicycle 3,950 miles across the country would be a life-changing experience. She saw magnificent sites. She helped those longing for the American dream — home ownership — by swinging a hammer as part of a construction team. And ultimately, she landed a […]

  • Bridgton lets Sweden take lead in Patriot Way review

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The planning boards of Bridgton and Sweden, each with their procedures and rules for subdivisions, have been proceeding carefully in consideration of a 14-lot subdivision plan off Knights Hill Road. So carefully, in fact, that engineer George Sawyer has asked for more time to submit a preliminary plan on behalf […]

  • Casco to borrow $1.5 million

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — This week, all of Casco’s newly-assigned property values will be tallied. This week, the tax commitment will be set, and those bills will go to the printer. The recent property revaluation process ran into delays, which means income from tax payments will also be delayed. Meanwhile, the […]