Archive for ‘News’

  • Man assaulted and thrown into Saco River

    By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer FRYEBURG — Two brothers from Lewiston were arrested and charged with assault last week, after they allegedly walked out of the Saco River on to private property at the end of Menotomy Road here and assaulted the landowner before throwing him into the river, police said. Police officers from […]

  • Brewery proposal tabled to August

    By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer The Bridgton Planning Board has once again tabled the application for the Mount Henry Brewing Company proposed for Portland Road — this time until its August meeting. At their July 10 meeting, Planning Board Chairman Steve Collins announced that the board had received an e-mail from applicants Robert Prindall […]

  • ‘Local preference’ in bid process sparks debate

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer It’s only been a few weeks since Bob McHatton Jr. returned to local politics in Bridgton, but already he’s stirred up the pot by his strong belief that local businesses should be favored even when they’re not the lowest bidder, as long as the bids are close in price. At […]

  • Allen conflict of interest snafu resurfaces

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer An angry South Bridgton resident blasted Bridgton’s Board of Selectmen Tuesday, demanding to know why Town Manager Mitch Berkowitz wasn’t fired for not telling the board about an Avesta Housing, Inc.-related conflict of interest involving Neal Allen, a regional planner who served on the selection committee that recommended hiring Anne […]

  • Hacker’s Hill Campaign: Summer Fundraising Events

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO – Does it ever seem like music should accompany the sunset? What chords would the ear hear if there were sounds to go with the setting sun? This evening, viewing the sunset from Hacker’s Hill in Casco could be music to the ears. Tonight, the folk music style […]

  • 9/11 calls local bugler into action

    By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer HARRISON — It was right after 9/11 when Julie Stevens decided to pick up her trumpet again, after 30 years, and join Bugles Across America so she could play Taps at military funerals. “I decided to do it, because of 9/11 — it called me to action,” said Julie. […]

  • New restraint policy could be a touchy subject

    By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer FRYEBURG — Local school district officials here discussed the implications brought about by a new state law that restricts the use of physical restraint and seclusion of students and how the new rules affect employees — in particular school bus drivers. It was the occasion of the first reading […]

  • Protecting prehistoric sites in the Lakes Region

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bridgton’s Comprehensive Plan Committee faces a conundrum as it looks at updating the section on the town’s seven identified prehistoric archeological sites. If the town wants to protect and preserve the sites — one of which uncovered 9,000-year-old stone artifacts, some of the earliest found anywhere in Maine so far […]

  • 19 year old man dies in Denmark crash

    By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer DENMARK — A 19-year-old man from Fryeburg was killed June 29 when the sport utility vehicle (SUV) he was driving on Hio Ridge Road rolled over after it was struck by another vehicle operated by a man from North Carolina, police said. Maine State Police are investigating the accident […]

  • The road to recovery will be long but you are not alone

    Editor’s Note: Allen Crabtree of Sebago is a volunteer with Public Affairs of the Southern Maine Chapter of the American Red Cross. He filed this report on Saturday, June 30 regarding the wild fires in Colorado. By Allen Crabtree Special to The News COLORADO — The High Park Fire was leaping from tree to tree […]