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  • Harrison eyes ordinance updates, town sign

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer HARRISON — Better controls need to be in place for use of the fire station’s community room, the Board of Selectmen agreed in a workshop last Thursday. The board also agreed to move forward with a fireworks ordinance, update the existing dog control ordinance and decide, once and for all, […]

  • Howes in fight of their lives over gun club noise

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer WATERFORD — John and Debbie Howe have spent four and a half years and $35,000 fighting the Waterford Fish & Game Club over the “sporadic torment of gunfire” they’ve endured since the club expanded their Route 118 shooting range. Seven days a week during daylight hours, they and their neighbors […]

  • ‘Firework’ song sparks ‘flash mob’

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Sporting red-white-and-blue leis, Amanda Krug and Jennifer Reissfelder finished a meal at Rick’s Café and found a spot on the sidewalk to catch the Fourth of July parade. The two women didn’t know their choices on the Causeway would put them front and center for a pleasant […]

  • 4th of July events

    Bridgton • July 2 — 18th annual Strawberry Breakfast, 7:30 to 10 a.m. First Congregational Church. For more information: 647-3936. • July 3 — Spaghetti Feast to benefit library, 5 to 7 p.m., Stevens Brook Elementary School, concert to follow, and then fireworks at dusk. • July 4 — 4 on the Fourth Road Race […]

  • Parking during Blues Fest

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES – Mainers and tourists visiting the Causeway this summer aren’t asking to have the red carpet rolled out for them. They just want a place to park. It will be the red carpet treatment for motorists: Residents and businessmen and even clergy have collaborated in an effort to […]

  • B.R.A.G. seeks $100,000 to fence fields

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The Bridgton Recreation Advancement Group asked the Board of Selectmen Tuesday to contribute another $100,000 from the Moose Pond Trust Fund to fence the sports fields complex they are building on BRAG Way off Route 302. The money would also be used to construct a playground and basketball courts at […]

  • Egypt: waiting for change

    By Melinda Holmes Special to the News CAIRO, EGYPT — Realization dawned slowly as I stared from across the room at the large brown eyes of my Egyptian friend growing steadily wider. The gravely voice coming from the old television next to me on Feb. 11 spoke deliberately, with a measure befitting an aging politician. […]

  • Gilson plays through head injury, leading LR to victory

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Kevin Gilson pulled a Curt Schilling, sort of. Knocked into the padding on the back wall but striking his head against a piece of wooden molding late in the first quarter, Gilson was forced to the Lake Region locker room after suffering two-inch gash. On Senior Night, nothing would […]

  • Naples Winter carnival

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Riding a snowmobile is a rush. Add some competition — other riders trying to take the lead. Then, put it all on a well-designed ice track in the middle of a frozen lake. And, what have you got? The Muddy River Sno Seekers Snowmobile club’s 12th Annual […]

  • The News wins MPA awards

    It is always to sit back, take a deep breath and bask in the glory of a victory. A year ago, The Bridgton News reached the pinnacle of the journalism world when it was named the Maine Press Association Better Newspaper Contest’s “Newspaper of the Year” in the Weekly II division. Upon returning for the […]