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  • Bridgton vacillates on fireworks ordinance

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer A proposed fireworks ordinance, that would set extra limits beyond what the state allows, hit a snag March 26 when Selectman Bob McHatton suggested a competing ordinance. He wants to ban fireworks altogether. Members of the Fireworks Committee and several selectmen were incensed, viewing McHatton’s actions as an 11th-hour attempt […]

  • Public education seen as key to draft fireworks ordinance

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bridgton Selectmen on Tuesday continued to fine-tune a proposed new Fireworks Ordinance that is only slightly more restrictive, in terms of times fireworks can be used, than what the new state law passed a year ago already allows. When Police Chief Kevin Schofield first presented the draft ordinance to the […]

  • Fireworks hot topic; committee planned

      By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Faced with conflicting fireworks proposals and no clear public consensus, the Bridgton Board of Selectmen agreed Tuesday to create a committee to craft an ordinance over the winter and present it to voters next June. Town Manager Mitch Berkowitz will create a charge for the committee and report back […]

  • Fireworks sparking widespread complaints

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Downtown Bridgton residents are realizing too late that they should have pressed harder last year for a fireworks ordinance in town, knowing a state law was to make the sale and use of consumer fireworks legal as of Jan. 1, 2012. Since the 4th of July, some say the evening […]

  • Naples Selectmen discuss fireworks

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — The topic of fireworks laws ignited some civil differences of opinion. Like in so many Maine towns, members of the Naples Board of Selectmen batted around ideas of how to prepare for the statewide law that will lift the ban on the use and the sale of […]

  • Pagentry & fun powers Casco Days Kids’ Parade

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — A pair of lobsters stood on the lawn in Casco Village. One becomes mesmerized by her own claws. Suddenly, she says aloud, “I have pinchers. Pinch. Pinch.” The lobster costumes were worn by two children about kindergarten age. A lobster toddler sat in a stroller. Meanwhile, a […]

  • In Ye Olden Times — A Community Fourth of July

    By Mike Davis BN Columnist Howdy neighbor! Our small town sure fills up for Independence Day, doesn’t it? Now, I don’t have any hard statistics for this year’s attendance numbers yet, though I’m sure someone somewhere in the town office is busy tabulating the data even now, but speaking just anecdotally, doesn’t it feel like […]

  • It’s Winter Carnival time in Bridgton

    It’s Winter Carnival weekend in Bridgton! The festivities, sponsored by the Greater Bridgton Chamber of Commerce, open Friday night with the 2nd Annual Ice Queen Pageant, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Magic Lantern Innovation Center. Winter Carnival buttons will be required for entrance to the pageant, and will be sold at the door for […]

  • Bridgton: Heavy rains cause damage; Winter Carnival repositioning

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer During the last big rain event, Celeste Koehler Schuh watched a “waterfall” sweep across her property, over Camp Pondicherry Road and into Adams Pond. The heavy water flow caused “destruction” to Adams Pond Road, prompting Koehler Schuh to write a letter to town officials. When she failed to get […]

  • Linwood C. Douglass

    Linwood (Lin) Clifford Douglass passed away peacefully on December 31, 2023, surrounded by his loving family. Moments after his passing, the sky exploded with fireworks, ushering him into heaven with the pomp and circumstance he deserved. He was 87 years young. Born February 20, 1936, in Bridgton, Linwood grew up in the small town with […]