Archive for ‘News’

  • Honor long overdue: Steven Andrews receives his Purple Heart

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer HARRISON — Steven Andrews has faced two major battles in his lifetime. As a young man, he was drafted into the Army and was wounded in action in Vietnam. As a 66-year-old, Steve is slowly recovering from a battle with a brain tumor. Two chapters of his life collided […]

  • Couple escapes ‘Sandy,’ trying to rebuild their lives

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer FRYEBURG — As a commercial comic book artist, Jymn Woodward spends his days taking words from a script and drawing characters and scenes to create a page-turner for loyal fans. Storylines often take unexpected twists and turns. Woodward, however, found himself caught up in his own real-life, perilous adventure. […]

  • Bridgton selectmen reject hiring new fire inspector

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer After months of wrangling and a reversal on a legal opinion, Bridgton’s Board of Selectmen finally decided Tuesday not to hire a new fire inspector. Instead, the board voted 5-0 to give member Doug Taft’s suggestion a try, and see if there is anyone currently on the ranks of the […]

  • Riprap project raises access concerns

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer A plan to fix a major source of pollution runoff on the Moose Pond Causeway may invite increased use of the problem area by the boating public, even though the Causeway is a no-parking zone, Bridgton selectmen said Tuesday. Selectmen agreed, however, that remediation work is long overdue at the […]

  • Fires erupt at Pike’s Farm apartment, First & Last Resort Motel

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Robert Murphy is trying to adhere to the old saying, “The show must go on,” despite seeing all of his instruments destroyed by fire last week. Murphy is a musician, known as “Rookie with Rockets.” He was set to go on tour, but a devastating fire last Wednesday afternoon […]

  • Mains leaving Chamber to manage golf course

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Jim Mains Jr. is a glass-half-full kind of guy. His job for the past three years as executive director of the Greater Bridgton Lake Region Chamber of Commerce was one he thoroughly enjoyed. But now he is moving on. On March 22, Mains will leave to become the General Manager […]

  • Animal Control needs budget infusion

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — The demands on the Casco Animal Control department have grown substantially. To keep up with that growth, animal control will likely need a bigger budget. “Our call volume from two or three years ago has quadrupled. The call volume level has gone from requiring between 30 and […]

  • Emergency fuel funds desperately low

    The Bridgton Community Center’s Fuel Collaborative has assisted 33 Bridgton families with emergency fuel the past two and a half months — and now funds are desperately low. In order to get through February, the Bridgton Community Center needs your help. The families that receive emergency assistance from this fund are generally hard-working, under-employed families […]

  • Manoian’s legacy takes center stage at BOS-committee summit

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Joined by the common cause of the town they love, 20 of Bridgton’s most dedicated public servants — selectmen, the town manager, economic development director and appointed committee members — sat around three long tables Tuesday for a most unusual meeting. Policy recommendations were set aside for the first two […]

  • Selectmen to state: Don’t shift shortfalls to towns

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bridgton Selectmen on Tuesday agreed to send a strongly worded appeal to county and state elected officials saying they need to avoid shifting state budget shortfalls onto local taxpayers, lest they have Bridgton “rethink our relationship with our state government.” The letter, dated Dec. 30, challenged state senators and representatives […]