Archive for ‘News’

  • It’s now a race for the Bridgton Select Board seat

    The race to fill the Bridgton Select Board seat vacated by Fred Packard just become a little more interesting. Carrye Castleman-Ross appeared to be the lone candidate for the one-year seat, but now she will face some competition. While Castleman-Ross, who owns the Depot Street Tap House, is the lone name on the Nov. 8 […]

  • Bridgton sewer system work projected to conclude by June 2023

    If work stays on track, Bridgton’s new sewer collection system construction will be “substantially” complete (operational) by April 17, 2023 and the project finished by June 1, 2023. Bridgton Town Manager Robert Peabody last week gave the Select Board an update regarding the extensive project which started on April 19, 2021. “This could slip a […]

  • Public hearing MONDAY for Naples land buy, community center

    Editor’s Note: In this week’s print edition, the front page info box incorrectly reported that the hearing was set for Tuesday, rather than Monday. The News regrets the error. By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — In 2016, the Town of Casco was looking at two warrant articles: To purchase land next to its […]

  • Casco sends code violations to court

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO— The locally elected officials gave the Town of Casco the go-ahead to take a landowner to court over a junkyard violation in the Kettle Cove area.  Before the 5-0 vote, selectmen commented, “It is long overdue” and “It would make some residents happy.” Also, the Casco Board of […]

  • BPD lands grant to add K-9 to enforcement ranks

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Bridgton could soon be taking a bigger bite out of crime. By spring 2023, the Bridgton Police Department will add a K-9 unit to its law enforcement ranks. Police Chief Phil Jones included adding a K-9 in his proposed budget this spring, but the Select Board felt that “the […]

  • Calls to never forget those lost on 9/11

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES— Naples resident Ron Shaw believes it’s important not to forget what happened to Americans on Sept. 11, 2001. Since the one year anniversary of that infamous date, Shaw has been holding a service on the Naples Town Dock. As part of those annual ceremonies, he plays his bugle […]

  • Post 67 honors the life of Edward Lopeman; remembers lives lost on 9/11

    Heroism transcends multiple generations, Liam Opie noted as American Legion Post 67 honored the life of Edward Lopeman, whom the local Post is named, and the lives lost (2,977 fatalities) on 9/11 to terrorist attacks in 2001. A brief ceremony was held in the Forest Hills Cemetery on Kansas Road Sunday morning. Opie, who is […]

  • Bridgton Select Board short takes

    Short takes from the Sept. 13 Bridgton Select Board meeting: Solar moratorium extended. With the moratorium on commercial solar facilities set to expire at the end of this month, the Select Board voted to extend it. However, the board changed the length of the extension from 90 days to 60 days, with an expiration on Election […]

  • Remembrance walk crowd gets bigger

    By Dawn De Busk  Staff Writer BRIDGTON— More than 150 people brought amessage of hope and recovery to the streets.  The group — many donned in purple or wearing the custom-made purple ribbon T-shirts — travelled a route in Bridgton from High Street to Shorey Park to Elm Street and then to Depot Street, where […]

  • Peter’s bench: Where healing happens

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer On a regular basis, people approach Kim Leighton and pass on stories about her husband, reminding her of the positive ripple effect that his actions had on others in recovery and in the recovery field.  “I can’t tell you how many people have come up to me and shared […]