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  • Tar sands transport not worth risk, say opponents

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Voters in four western Maine towns — Bridgton, Harrison, Otisfield and Bethel — will decide next week whether to formally oppose any future plans by the Portland Pipeline Company to transport tar sands oil from Canada to Portland. Leading up to the vote, oil industry officials have mounted an all-out […]

  • Hacker’s Hill debt on Casco’s shoulders

      By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Two years ago, the Town of Casco was one of the first major donators to the land-conservation project to purchase for public access a 27-acre parcel on Hacker’s Hill. The mountain is located off Quaker Ridge Road in Casco. At that time, residents voted to put […]

  • Questions Fryeburg voters face at the polls Tuesday

    FRYEBURG — Voters will face several choices when they go to the polls on Tuesday, June 11, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the American Legion Hall. They will decide: Who will be their representatives? Fryeburg has contested races for a seat on the Board of Selectmen, as well as the SAD 72 School […]

  • Naples Gore Road dilemma

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Bob Calileo, a resident living off Harbor Road, keeps checking the weather forecast. The next rainstorm or thunderstorm could destroy the private road that he lives on. This could be prevented if the ditch dilemmas on town-owned Gore Road could be solved, he said. Already this spring […]

  • Bridgton creates new Waste Water Division

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bridgton Selectmen have created a new Waste Water Division within the Public Works Department as a first step toward becoming more organized and preparing for future expansion of the downtown sewer system. The vote followed a recommendation by the Waste Water Committee to have a designated person within town government […]

  • Town Hall RFP rekindles rec program damage debate

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bridgton Selectmen on Tuesday awarded low bidder Casco Engineering the contract to begin a long-awaited analysis of the structural integrity of the Old Town Hall. The review, which will cost $11,872, is seen as a first step toward an eventual town-wide vote on making needed repairs to the historic North […]

  • Super scuba heroes to rescue at Songo Lock

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Some local teens — belonging to a 4-H club that delves into underwater diving and water conservation — had their super-hero moment. The doors of the Songo River lock would not budge. The State Park employees needed to be able to operate the wooden lock for the […]

  • Bridgton recreation director moving on

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer After nearly three years on the job, Bridgton Recreation Director Tom Tash is moving on. He’s getting married in a month to his fiancée Emma Holley, and they need to relocate to the Augusta area to allow her to take over her mother’s hair salon from her sister, who is […]

  • Naples annual town meeting preview

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — This was the months-long reality of the Naples Budget Committee: Binders filled with spreadsheets of costs and revenues, hours of presentations from town department heads and nonprofit agencies, countless discussions about what is needed and what the town can do without. Now, it all comes to this: […]

  • Fire Suppression Committee told to rethink approach

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer It looks like Bridgton’s Fire Suppression Committee will once again have to rethink its approach to defining standards for adequate fire protection, if it ever hopes to satisfy the concerns of developers. On Tuesday, the Bridgton Board of Selectmen told the committee to go back to its original charge of […]