Archive for ‘News’

  • BEDC offers to serve as conduit; Avesta fence-mending

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bridgton residents had their first chance last week to hear directly from representatives of Avesta Housing, Inc. about their plans to build a 21-unit affordable housing complex at 247 Main Street. But because there was little advance notice given by Avesta of the April 26 “community workshop” in the Bridgton […]

  • Sebago Reduces Town Budget

    By Allen Crabtree Special to The News SEBAGO — The Sebago Board of Selectmen, the Sebago Budget Committee and the Sebago Capital Investment Program (CIP) Committee will be recommending to the town voters a municipal operating budget for FY2012-2013 that is nearly $100,000 less than last year’s budget. “At our June 2 annual town meeting, […]

  • Bridgton family loses belongings in April 25 fire

    By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer Firefighters from approximately a dozen Lake Region communities provided manpower and station coverage, when a fire broke out at a mobile home off Route 302 in West Bridgton, last week. The fire that was toned out about 12:45 p.m. on April 25 “heavily damaged” the mobile home that Christopher […]

  • School merger planned for Harrison and Waterford schools

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer HARRISON — The town of Harrison would no longer house kindergarten through second grades at their elementary school, under a shared school model included in the proposed $35.3 million SAD 17 budget. Harrison Elementary School would become a grade 3-6 school, and Waterford Elementary School would become a K-2 school. […]

  • Budget public hearing tonight in Harrison

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer HARRISON — Harrison selectmen will hold a public hearing tonight, May 3, on the proposed 2012-2013 municipal budget of $1.95 million. The meeting gets underway at 7 p.m. at the Harrison Town Office. Town Manager George “Bud” Finch, working with the Budget Committee, managed to keep costs down, resulting in […]

  • Watch your mouth, Catherine’s in town

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Catherine Kasprak didn’t waste any time taking advantage of the law she and other dental hygienists worked so hard to get passed. Kasprak opened her own business, Bridgton Dental Hygiene Care on the Portland Road, in March of 2010 — just two years after the law was passed allowing dental […]

  • Time of transition: Bridgton Hospital follows trend by adding hospitalist program; recruiting doctors

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer When David Frum was a child, his family doctor was always there to treat whatever ill or injury ailed him. “Back then, doctors hung their shingle and spent their entire career in one place,” said Frum, president of Bridgton Hospital said. “That is not the nature of health care […]

  • Bridgton selectmen put finishing touches on budget

    By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer The Bridgton Board of Selectmen spent Tuesday night putting the finishing touches on the proposed budget that will go before voters at the annual town meeting in mid-June. Closed warrant They also decided April 24, by a 4-1 vote, to have a closed warrant at the June 13 annual […]

  • In Bridgton, hunger is no game

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The movie Hunger Games is playing at the Magic Lantern this week. But for many Bridgton residents, hunger is no game. It is a day-to-day reality. A new, first-of-its-kind study of hunger in Bridgton has given voice to that reality. The cold, hard statistics it contains paint a picture of […]

  • Avesta holding community workshop tonight

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The president of Avesta Housing Inc. and his development officer are coming to Bridgton tonight, April 26, to hold a “Community Workshop” starting at 7:15 p.m. at the Bridgton Community Center. Avesta President Dana Totman and Development Officer Matt Peters will be on hand to “discuss community needs and opportunities […]