Archive for ‘News’

  • CDBG money could target bigger Bridgton projects

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Seeing a mother pushing her child, with bags of groceries in the kid’s lap, in a stroller up Willett Road as cars passed on both sides of the roadway, Selectman Bear Zaidman cringed. Walkers often jump into the nearby ditch as tractor-trailer trucks travel by. With no sidewalks there […]

  • Naples passes marijuana moratorium

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer  NAPLES — A discussion planted the seeds of what regulations the town might want to pass before too many marijuana growing facilities take root in the town.   The Town of Naples put into place a moratorium on all new marijuana-based businesses so it could create regulations based on what […]

  • Town removes traffic island that cut vehicle tires

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES— The constructionproject near Naples’ one and only traffic signal was cutting edge. Literally and unintentionally, it was cutting edge. Part of the re-construction at the intersection of Route 302 and 35 called for a pork chop shaped island that was designed to deter drivers from turning left out of […]

  • Tree buffer planned for Casco trail

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer  CASCO —Last month, the Town of Casco and landowner Sharon Davis signed a vegetation agreement for the future walking path that will start at the Memorial Field sports complex.  The agreement to plant 8 to 10-foot Fraser firs along the pathway will be put in the planning board’s file […]

  • Honoring the service of Moses Fogg with stone replacement

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Liam Opie hates to see gravestones of veterans cracked, deteriorating or fallen over and forgotten. So, he does something about it. Cemeteries, Liam says, are a great source of history. In his spare time, Liam often walks through cemeteries, especially the older sections, and looks over stones placed a […]

  • Planners give interpretation of ‘filling,’ send Hotel Bridgton ruling back to judge

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Applying Webster’s Dictionary definition to excavation work in the Stream Protection Zone as part of the Hotel Bridgton project, Bridgton Planners voted 3-0 last week that the proposed work does notconstitute “filling.” The decision is a response to a remand order from Superior Court Justice Thomas R. McKeon, who agreed on appeal […]

  • How the Lake Region voted

    US President US Senate Town Biden Trump Collins Gideon Linn Savage Baldwin 350 623 689 252 24 33 Bridgton 1656 1528 1730 1346 50 132 Brownfield Casco 1036 1184 1313 816 48 103 Denmark 409 392 467 311 9 36 Fryeburg 1060 813 956 880 34 68 Harrison 741 796 923 544 34 76 Hiram […]

  • Healthy lakes need consistent level policy; other Bridgton Selectboard notes

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer It seems every year, Lee Eastman hears complaints about water levels at Highland Lake and Woods Pond. He hears “historically,” levels are kept at certain measurements during three periods of the year. Yet, shorefront owners say levels are kept too high at times, thus causing erosion and even property […]

  • Rebirth of a Post: Local Legion celebrates rededication

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Don Mulcahy likely shook his head several times as he looked at the deteriorating condition of American Legion Post 67 in Bridgton and wondered if his group of committed veterans and friends could pull off a total rebirth. Under cloudy skies Saturday, the fruits of hard labor, a will […]

  • Boil water order issued

    A boil water order was issued Friday morning by there Harrison Water District for North Bridgton customers only. In a press release, the HWD said the order was issued in wake of possibility of unsafe water as the result of a water main break and loss of pressure. Consumers were directed to boil all water […]