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  • Farm invites town to the table

    FRYEBURG —The modern farm serves many roles, from steward of the land to retail business to entertainment, but its most important role is to provide food for a community. For more than 210 years, Rivercroft Farm of the Weston family has provided food for the Fryeburg and Mount Washington Valley communities. This has been a […]

  • Senior Transportation program in need of financial lift

    The Senior Transportation Program (STP) is celebrating its 10-year mark. The idea of the program began with a Bridgton resident, who wanted to solve the problem of senior transportation needs for medical appointments. STP is a grassroots, volunteer-based not-for-profit, 501(c)3 organization wherein volunteer drivers (generally retired seniors themselves) using their own vehicles, donate their time […]

  • Gift from the heart

    LOVELL — McKenna McGrath wanted to “do something” to remember beloved Lovell Fire Department captain, Scott Thomas, who passed away earlier this year after a courageous battle against cancer. Captain Thomas was a colleague with McKenna’s dad on the fire department. She found using her bracelet making skills met that goal! On Monday, Aug. 20, […]

  • U.S. flags fly high on Causeway

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Laurel Cebra loves the American flag. Her goal has been two-fold: To demonstrate this town’s pride and patriotism with rows of the “Stars and Stripes” flying high along the entire Causeway. Secondly, every Flag Day she dresses as Betsy Ross and teaches elementary school children about the […]

  • Causeway splash park on tap?

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — The waterways accessible from the Naples Causeway — Long Lake, Brandy Pond, the Songo River, and Big Sebago Lake have long lured people from neighboring New England states. The various license plates of parked vehicles and the foreign accents of visitors illustrate how far people travel to […]

  • Lightning strikes Harrison barn

      HARRISON — As lightning strikes peppered the early morning sky, Tim Labounty had a bad feeling when he saw an orange glow just a short distance from his Naples Road home. “I got in my truck and headed in this direction,” said Labounty, who operates Eagle Eye Maintenance. “It didn’t take long for me […]

  • Child fights off abduction attempt

    A nine-year-old from Bridgton fought off a man, who attempted to abduct her Saturday afternoon on Kansas Road. The Bridgton Police Department received a complaint of attempted child abduction at 2:30 p.m. The female victim reported that an older man — described as a white male, with white hair and slightly overweight — approached her […]

  • Search begins for Honor Flight candidates

      HARRISON — The search for Maine WWII veterans to take part in Honor Flight Maine has started. The Veterans of Foreign Wars St. John Post 9326 Ladies Auxiliary of Harrison is working with Honor Flight New England to locate and identify Maine’s World War II veterans for the purpose of transporting these heroes to […]

  • Fireworks hot topic; committee planned

      By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Faced with conflicting fireworks proposals and no clear public consensus, the Bridgton Board of Selectmen agreed Tuesday to create a committee to craft an ordinance over the winter and present it to voters next June. Town Manager Mitch Berkowitz will create a charge for the committee and report back […]

  • Mary Strain, the dock diving diva

      By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer When it comes to personal quests, some people climb mountains. Others jump from planes. For Mary Strain of Casco, it is diving off docks in the Lake Region — as many as she can — that inspires her personal quest to practice the fine art of friendship. She reached […]