Archive for ‘News’

  • Casco Firefighter of the Year

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO – Lonney Girard did not grow up in a family in which his father was a fireman. Nor did Girard join the fire department when he was fresh out of high school or college. It was only two years ago, that his family rallied around him in his […]

  • Rebirth of a Waterway

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — As per contract, bridge de-construction crews provided a passable channel for boaters on the Tuesday before Memorial Day weekend. In less than three days, that part of the old bridge was removed and the waterway under the new bridge opened wide — and tall. Since then, water […]

  • Police Chief says landlords, tenants, neighbors need to talk it out

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer In the 15 months he’s been on the job, Bridgton’s Chief of Police Kevin Schofield has sent out a total of five letters warning landlords they faced civil penalties under the town’s Disorderly Housing Ordinance. And in each case, he said, the letters alone were enough to restore the peace. […]

  • Waterford Gun Club noise hurts property values, county rules

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer NORTH WATERFORD — In what may be a precedent-setting ruling, the Oxford County Board of Assessment Review (BAR) has granted the tax abatement appeal of a Waterford couple over gun noise from a nearby firing range. “Thank you so much. We’ve waited a long time for this,” Debbie Howe told […]

  • No notices, no ruling of field plan

    By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer FRYEBURG — Fryeburg Academy’s new athletic fields project off Howe Street went before the Fryeburg Planning Board Tuesday night for a public hearing. However, discussion had to be cut short and a new public hearing scheduled, when it was discovered that abutters may not have been formally notified of […]

  • Phase one of Snow School project begins

    By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer FRYEBURG — The C.A. Snow School construction project is unfolding, with a Phase I architect being sought and a site analysis performed at the Molly Ockett Middle School property off Route 302. The Snow School project is one of only six schools in the state that the Maine Department […]

  • Matching donor found for Warden Gregg Sanborn

    By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer FRYEBURG — Wonderful news has been spreading through the Lake Region this week, since word was received that a stem-cell donor match has been found for Fryeburg native Major Gregg Sanborn of the Maine Warden Service. Sanborn was diagnosed late last summer with T-cell lymphoma and was told his […]

  • Body recovered from Sebago Lake

    By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer FRYE ISLAND — The Maine Warden Service and the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office recovered the body of 29-year-old Durward Worster, of Gorham, who drowned after jumping off a cliff here last week. Worster and friends were diving from the cliffs of Frye’s Leap on Sebago Lake around 3:30 p.m. […]

  • Pondicherry Park: a dream come true

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The excitement built as around 50 people — and a half dozen or so dogs — gathered on the Bob Dunning Memorial Bridge Tuesday, awaiting the ribbon-cutting to dedicate the official gifting of Pondicherry Park to the people of Bridgton. Smiles were everywhere, and the speeches preceding the ribbon-cutting reflected […]

  • O’Donnell talks values, taxes

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — John O’Donnell and his associates are happy to be out of Casco. Still, he said he is proud that he stood up for the large majority of property owners when Casco followed through with the 2007 revaluation. “Prior to the 2007 Casco revaluation, the tax distribution between […]