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  • Missing Md. man may be heading this way

    Maine State Police say a missing elderly man from Maryland, who has children in Raymond and Harrison, could be headed to Maine. Timothy John Fowler, 69, walked away from an adult day care center in Largo, Md. April 8. Fowler grew up in Portland, has three adult children in Maine and talked often about returning to the […]

  • Board balks over assistant fire chief stipend

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Selectmen are reluctant to keep $4,100 in funding intact for the assistant fire chief position, even though the other chiefs have taken on the extra jobs that position requires without pay. Assistant Deputy Fire Chief Todd Perreault said the four deputy chiefs “stepped up to the plate” following the retirement […]

  • Non-binding referendum: Board agrees to June vote on Salmon Point campground sale

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Despite calls to dismiss the whole idea and move on, the Bridgton Board of Selectmen voted 3–1 Tuesday to go forward with a nonbinding referendum for June asking voters whether the town should sell all but the beach property at the Salmon Point Campground on Long Lake. Selectmen Bob McHatton […]

  • Barbara Clark hired as new Chamber executive director

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Not even an hour into her new job as executive director of the Greater Bridgton Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce, it became clear at a Monday interview that Barbara Clark will be a take-charge kind of leader. That was certainly her style at the Sebago Lakes Region Chamber, where, as […]

  • Final wish: Push on to finish Crystal Lake Park gazebo

    HARRISON — Sam Pitts has always wanted to see a gazebo in Crystal Lake Park, where people could enjoy free music and entertainment during the summer months. Back in 2005, during Harrison’s bicentennial, Sam donated $7,000 to help construct the gazebo. A partially-built gazebo now stands in the park. Sam’s daughters, Donna Barker and Judy […]

  • Naples officials discuss budget philosophy

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Like many towns in Maine, Naples Town Manager Derik Goodine and the local budget committee are preparing for a possible worst-case scenario. On Monday, Goodine and the Naples Board of Selectmen hashed over the proposed budget if state funding is slashed. Per usual, the goal of the […]

  • Casco pays town manager leave time; reduces debt

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — In late June, Casco’s elected public officials drafted a new work contract with Town Manager Dave Morton. As pointed out by the auditor, Morton’s 1000-plus hours of accumulated leave time showed up as a liability, or debt owed, on the books. The new contract, which was effective […]

  • Salmon Point campground sale challenged

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Peter Lowell, who was instrumental 25 years ago in Bridgton’s acquisition of the Salmon Point Campground, called it “a remarkably bad idea” to consider selling any of the campground land to provide tax relief, even if the town retains the beach property. Not only is it shortsighted, in his opinion, […]

  • Tap House given nod, Gastopub tabled again

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Longtime Black Horse Tavern bartender Carrye Castleman-Ross won preliminary approval from the Bridgton Planning Board Tuesday to open a small upscale bar at 18 Depot Street, in a building owned by Chuck Renneker, across the street from the Bridgton Community Center. All that remains for work to begin on The […]

  • Demolition of cat hoarding home slated

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Following a disgustingly descriptive public hearing, the Casco Board of Selectmen voted to schedule for demolition several structures including a residential home, where a cat hoarding case occurred last summer. The town will proceed with the removal of these structures located at 23 Burgess Road at the […]