Archive for ‘News’

  • Remembering an independent woman on Independence Day

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer If there’s one thing Bridgton Selectman Bob McHatton Sr. might wish for on this Fourth of July, it would be to step back in time to his childhood, when his grandmother was alive. As a boy he couldn’t help but know that his grandmother, Edith Jane “Dolly” Bernson, was someone […]

  • Naples landscaping coming up roses

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Everything is coming up roses. Rather, all the recently-planted flowers, shrubbery and trees are thriving on the Naples Causeway. According to Kent Cooper, the senior landscape architect with the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT), the landscaping is in good shape. “We are having lots and lots of […]

  • Lake Region area has plenty of tap for the Fourth

    BRIDGTON • July 3 — Spaghetti Feast, 5 to 7 p.m., Stevens Brook Elementary School; Band Concert to follow; fireworks at dusk. • July 4 — 4 on the Fourth Road Race, starts 8 a.m., Main Street near Food City, finishes at Bridgton Memorial School; Hot dog stand, 9 a.m. to noon, Oberg Insurance; Great […]

  • Woman struck by lightning at Casco resort

    CASCO — A person was struck by lightning at Point Sebago Resort in Casco at 5:27 p.m. on Sunday. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office reported that three people had been affected by a lightning strike during the severe thunderstorms that passed through the Lake Region area. Erin Ledoux, 25, of Nashua, N.H. had been near […]

  • Salmon Point Campground fee increases eyed

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer As owner of a local campground, Jerry Doucette feels Bridgton is seriously undercharging campers at Salmon Point — and doing so at the expense of taxpayers. Highlighting Tuesday’s board of selectmen’s meeting was discussion about the next steps to take at the Salmon Point Campground, now that voters have rejected […]

  • Lakeside tree removal proves costly

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer RAYMOND — The Town of Raymond delivered a strong message to companies doing tree removal in the Shoreland Zone. For the first time ever, the town fined the contractor as well as the property owner for a violation of the Shoreland Zoning Ordinance. According to the Raymond Code Enforcement […]

  • Recalling Princess Goldenrod

      By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Mention the name Princess Goldenrod to any longtime area resident. Likely, he or she will have a story to tell. Or, at least the person will recall the teepee gift shop on Meadow Road (Route 121) that moved to Route 302, and later was relocated to […]

  • Comp Plan Forum: Bridgton needs to start marketing itself

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bridgton has so very much to offer both its residents and those “from away,” but it does a pretty poor job promoting itself. That was the general theme arising from a forum held Monday under the big screen at the Magic Lantern Theater’s Tannery Pub. The 18 people who attended […]

  • Casco annual town meeting recap

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — More than 80 residents upheld their civic duty and attended the town meeting, despite missing the Boston Bruins play during the beginning of the first game in The Stanley Cup Finals. At the start of Casco Town Meeting, Moderator Holly Hancock joked that she had been warned […]

  • Condom distribution: question of moral values vs. teen health?

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Teens Hunter Banks, Sarah Paul and Emily Burnham point to a school-wide survey as to major reasons why free condom distribution is needed at Lake Region High School. • 53% of the 399 students responding to a survey indicated they have had consensual intercourse. The percentage is higher than […]