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  • Demolition to lead to five Casco Village homes

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — A pod of five single-family homes is being proposed in the Casco Village, in the space where two abandoned commercial buildings exist. Hancock Lumber is proposing Old Mill Farms Project, which includes demolishing its old office and the Spurwink building, constructing five homes with 40 feet between […]

  • Writing, a way to cope — Healthy outlet to grieve a deep loss

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Payton Baumgardner misses her dad.  “Dada went to his favorite place in the sky and became a star. He is the star right next to the moon,” Payton wrote in her book, Bye Bye Dada. “I try to see him every night. Sometimes, there are no stars and I feel sad.” […]

  • Naples public hearing coming up for Land Use

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — The Town of Naples is making its Land Use Ordinance more user friendly. Now, the project is a few steps away from its first public hearing. Making the Land-UseOrdinancemore ‘user friendly’ means it will be easier for people to find the ordinance in one spot, according to […]

  • Casco advertises manager’s job for third time

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — This week marks the fourth month since Casco Town Manager Courtney O’Donnell resigned after about a year on the job. This week marks the third time the town manager position will be advertised. Late last year, the Casco Board of Selectmen decided to advertise the job for […]

  • Greater Lovell Land Trust wraps up 2020 with major land conservation projects

    LOVELL — Greater Lovell Land Trust (GLLT) finalized two important projects that conserve nearly 300 acres in western Maine at the end of 2020.  The Dec. 28 closing for both projects made for a busy and upbeat end to the year. A successful year of fundraising made possible the purchase of 107 acres of land with […]

  • Bridgton Planners hear two storage facility proposals

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Every homeowner knows there is simply never enough storage space. Developers Mark Lopez and Keith Harnum apparently agree. Both propose to construct storage facilities off Route 302 in West Bridgton. The Bridgton Planning Board Tuesday night via Zoom deemed Lopez’s Mountain Road Storage application complete, and scheduled a public […]

  • Area leaders look ahead to 2021

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — During the first week of 2021, most town officials view countering COVID-19’s spread and balancing the budget among the top five New Year’s goals for their municipalities.  Then, there are goals that express the individual needs of each town. For example, Casco will be reviewing the employee […]

  • Positive Covid-19 case makes Casco more stringent

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Some of the time that the Casco Town Hall was closed by Covid-19 were days that the office was going to be closed anyway.   The week before Christmas, an employee for the Town of Casco tested positive for the Coronavirusand the office was closed down for 14 days, […]

  • Casco on track with revenue

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer  CASCO — When it came to the budget planning process last spring, officials with the Town of Casco decided not to count on 100 percent of the predicted income from vehicle sales or state revenue sharing. After all, the municipal budget was being put together during the state’s shutdown […]

  • Naples sees $10K loss in interest earnings

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — The Town of Naples is reporting a sizable reduction of the revenue usually brought in from interest earnings. A town official calculated that the loss could be around $10,000 or more by the end of the fiscal year. So far, the revenue has been $3,000 while the […]