Archive for ‘News’

  • Public hazard slated for demolition

        By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — An uninhabited home, with its roof caving in, has been on the chopping block since summer. The Casco Board of Selectmen aimed the axe at the unsafe structure, and awarded, with a 5–0 vote, the demolition job to the lowest bidder. The Naples-based contractor who […]

  • Long-lasting gift: Craftsman finds bench work satisfying, emotional

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Woodwork craftsman Rob Brand was commissioned to create the benches that will adorn the Causeway through the seasons. Also, the benches — many dedicated to people who have passed away, will help raise money to pay off the town’s cost for the Bay of Naples Bridge construction […]

  • Bridgton officials stand firm on reappointment policy despite possible mass exodus

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Dec. 21, 2012 may not be the end of the world as some say is prophesied by the Mayan calendar, but it certainly will be a day to remember in the history of Bridgton town politics. On that day, a new policy will go into effect: all members of appointed […]

  • Community forest eyed for three towns

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The largest remaining tract of undeveloped forestland in the Lake Region is under contract to Loon Echo Land Trust and would be given to the town of Denmark next June, under an ambitious $1.4 million land conservation plan rolled out to the Bridgton Board of Selectmen Tuesday. “Can one town […]

  • Casco Memorial faces demolition; bid goes out

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Local elected officials will allow the town’s fire and rescue departments to use the Casco Memorial School for training exercises before the building is demolished this summer. However, the building will not be burned. “The fire chief understands there will be no fires,” said Town Manager Dave […]

  • Casco tables RV use on shoreland parcel

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — A property owner on Sebago Lake Shores Road expressed his disappointment about a buyer leaving behind the potential real-estate deal — if a year-round recreational vehicle is no longer allowed on the parcel. Meanwhile, abutters favored discontinuing the current uses on the property, which is considered a […]

  • Bridgton Police Facebook change welcomed

        By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The Bridgton Police Department has softened its approach to posting arrest information and mug shots on its Facebook page, Police Chief Kevin Schofield told selectmen Tuesday. But while the board welcomed the news, more work still needs to be done to craft a Digital Media Policy that allows […]

  • A warm Mc-welcome as Bridgton store opens

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer When Mark Lopez, developer of the Bridgton McDonald’s, asked lifelong Bridgton resident and Planning Board member Fred Packard to be the first customer at the new restaurant, Packard was quick to agree. Packard’s a longtime fast food fan, after all. He can remember paying 55 cents for his first McDonald’s […]

  • Public input sought on Route 302 draft design

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Six-foot paved shoulders will make five miles of Route 302 in West Bridgton and Fryeburg seem wider, and thus safer, under a construction project in the early planning stages by the state Department of Transportation. Feedback from the public, that will help determine the final design, is being sought at […]

  • Shoreland zoning in play for amphitheater

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Many members of the community have known for years that an amphitheater located in the Causeway’s greenspace could draw entertainment and crowds to Naples. But, those amphitheater details had never been etched in stone. Now, as the earth and granite rock have been placed to create benches […]