Archive for ‘News’

  • Sebago voters turn down fire station bonding

    By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer SEBAGO — Voters here resoundingly defeated a referendum ballot question at the polls on Tuesday that would have authorized the Sebago Board of Selectmen to issue bonds in the amount of $830,000 to fund a portion of the monies needed to construct a new fire and rescue station. There […]

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  • Plenty on plate for Bridgton voters

    By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer Voters will take up 44 warrant articles, when the Bridgton annual town meeting convenes at the Town Hall on North High Street Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Five articles will be decided by secret ballot vote at the polls on Tuesday, June 12 — including election of municipal officers […]

  • On the ballot: Bridgton selectman

    By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer Three people are seeking two, three-year terms on the Bridgton Board of Selectmen, at the polls next week. Incumbent Douglas Taft Sr. is seeking re-election to another term, while former selectman Robert McHatton Sr. and newcomer Kenneth Murphy are both hoping to fill the seat being vacated by longtime […]

  • Four people vying for two planning board seats

    By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer Four people are vying for two, three-year terms on the Bridgton Planning Board and are asking voters for their support. Ken Murphy is stepping down from the planning board, as he is a candidate for selectman. Incumbent Bridgton Planning Board member Deanna “Dee” Miller is seeking re-election, and other […]

  • Jeannine Oren Bio

    Candidate: Jeannine Oren Background: Jeannine Oren has lived in Casco and the Lake Region for 20 years. She is best known for her role in front of the TV cameras as the multiple Emmy award-winning investigative reporter and anchorwoman for Channel 8 News in Portland (1992–2001). She works and writes under her maiden name of […]

  • Grant Plummer Bio

    Candidate: Grant Plummer Background: My wife, Sally, and I moved to Casco in 2000 when we stumbled upon our dream farmhouse, an 1825 Cape. Two renovations and four children later, we now raise our family on a heaping dose of fresh air and farm life as we tend our chickens, beef cows, free range turkeys, […]

  • Songo Lock closed

    AUGUSTA, Maine — Due to heavy rains and the resulting increased water levels of the surrounding area, the lock at the Songo Lock State Historic Site — a part of Sebago Lake State Park, Casco — is closed indefinitely to boat traffic, according to Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands officials. The heavy flow of […]

  • High water closes Salmon Point

    By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer Bridgton officials have closed the town-owned Salmon Point Campground and adjacent beach area on Long Lake, until further notice, due to high water from recent heavy rains that deluged the Lake Region over the past several days. “We had no choice,” Bridgton Town Manager Mitch Berkowitz said Tuesday, of […]

  • Planners table action on brewery proposal to July 3

    By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer The Bridgton Planning Board has unanimously voted to table the Mount Henry Brewing Company’s application for a microbrewery and taproom on Portland Road until its next meeting on July 3, as the applicants still need to prove they meet the two performance standards for surface water drainage and potential […]