Archive for ‘News’

  • Casco selectmen react to booth fee in gym

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Citizens have been asking. When local business owners were charged a fee of $10-per-table to rent booths at the Business Showcase held in the public gymnasium, citizens asked questions. Some of those questions — and a better understanding of what had happened — were brought to the […]

  • Correction: Kinney wins House 99 seat

    CORRECTION — Republican Jonathan Kinney of Limington is the winner of the House District 99 race. The News incorrectly reported in its print edition that Kinney gained just 196 votes in Limington. A BN employee incorrectly logged the vote tally provided by the Limington Town Office. The actual number was 1,102, which resulted in Kinney […]

  • Shoreland rules shot down; Avesta dumps plan

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Avesta is abandoning its plans for a low-income housing project in downtown Bridgton in the wake of voters’ overwhelming rejection Tuesday of amendments to minimum lot size standards in the Shoreland Zone along Stevens Brook. The margin was nearly two-to-one, with only 912 residents voting yes to the 1,698 residents […]

  • Woman dies when van hits school bus

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer A 74-year-old Casco woman died Monday morning as result of injuries sustained when her mini-van crossed the centerline on Route 302 and struck a SAD 61 bus. Jacqueline Ingalls was the sole occupant of the 1989 Plymouth van. She was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. The […]

  • Fryeburg Academy names new Head of School

    FRYEBURG — Erin Mayo of Dallas, Texas has been selected as the new head of school for Fryeburg Academy, the school’s board of trustees announced Tuesday. “It is with great enthusiasm that we welcome Ms. Mayo to the Fryeburg Academy family,” said AO Pike, president of the board. “Her passion for education and extensive experience […]

  • Opening only weeks away for new Bridgton McDonald’s

    Gail Geraghty photo     By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The last week of November has been projected for the opening for the new McDonald’s restaurant in Bridgton — and its new owner and operator, Edward Roetman, can’t wait. “We are excited to be in Bridgton and excited about the town and the area,” said […]

  • Casco Board set to sign shoreland violation consent agreement

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — The Casco Board of Selectmen is poised to sign a consent agreement between the town and an out-of-state landowner stemming from a shoreland zoning violation on Thompson Lake. The shoreland zoning infraction has been the topic of discussion at three recent board meetings. On Oct. 23, the […]

  • CPC plans community potluck forums

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The Bridgton Comprehensive Plan Committee is planning four community potluck forums later this month and in early December to get citizen comment on the all-important section of any Comprehensive Plan — the policies, goals and strategies for implementing the plan’s recommendations. Two of the four neighborhood forums have definite dates […]

  • Fryeburg Academy, teachers at odds over contract

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer FRYEBURG — Does a new three-year contract exist between Fryeburg Academy and the Fryeburg Academy Teachers Association (FATA)? James St. Pierre, president of the FATA, says, “Yes.” He signed his name on the bottom line of a new agreement on Oct. 1. As did A.O. Pike, as president of […]

  • Shoreland zone vote seen as referendum on Avesta

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Next Tuesday’s referendum on amending downtown Shoreland Zoning rules in Bridgton is, officially, a question designed to give voters the opportunity to “do over” the vote they took in a special election on Dec. 13, 2011 (which passed, 200-100), that the Department of Environmental Protection later reworded in such a […]