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  • Selectmen to ask voters to dip into TIF funds

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The cost for the Depot Street Streetscape Project has come in, and it won’t be cheap. New pavement, drainage, sidewalks, streetlights and on-street parking changes are estimated to total $378,034, leaving a shortfall of nearly $100,000 even after all available Community Development Block Grant appropriations, including unexpended funds dating back […]

  • Raiders unable to control the line, Oceanside rolls 38-34

      By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer FRYEBURG — In a wild game that featured back-to-back kickoff returns for touchdowns, over 200 yards in penalties, nearly 500 yards of rushing and a late hail Mary completion, Coach David Turner boiled it down to one simple line. “We got beat upfront,” said the Fryeburg Academy coach, […]

  • Baby loon pleases many on Pleasant Lake

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — People who live around Pleasant Lake are protective of the recent hatchling from a pair of loons. The loon chick, which is about three weeks old, is the first one to be documented on Pleasant Lake in 35 years. “This year, we are enhanced by having a […]

  • Patricia G. Merritt, 91

    SEBAGO — Patricia Ann Goodwin Merritt, 91, passed peacefully at home in Sebago surrounded by the love of her family and friends on Thursday, June 27, 2013. Patty was born in her home in Kezar Falls on July 20, 1921 to Frank P. Goodwin Jr. and Ethel Gilpatrick. In her youth, Patty was trained by […]

  • Naples sidewalk resolution sealed up

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — When thousands of people flock to the Causeway for Independence Day fireworks, their gazes will be toward the sky. Meanwhile, it is where those people are standing that has changed, and is still under construction. Work on the sidewalks will be completed in another two to three […]

  • Lake Region area 4th of July celebrations

    BRIDGTON • July 3 — Spaghetti Feast, 5 to 7 p.m., Stevens Brook Elementary School; Band Concert to follow; fireworks at dusk. • July 4 — 4 on the Fourth Road Race, starts 8 a.m., Main Street near Food City, finishes at Bridgton Memorial School; Hot dog stand, 9 a.m. to noon, Oberg Insurance; Great […]

  • Lake Region area has plenty of tap for the Fourth

    BRIDGTON • July 3 — Spaghetti Feast, 5 to 7 p.m., Stevens Brook Elementary School; Band Concert to follow; fireworks at dusk. • July 4 — 4 on the Fourth Road Race, starts 8 a.m., Main Street near Food City, finishes at Bridgton Memorial School; Hot dog stand, 9 a.m. to noon, Oberg Insurance; Great […]

  • Bridgton: Tar sands resolution passes; campground sale rejected

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Voters overwhelmingly said no Tuesday to a non-binding question asking them if they wanted to sell the 65-acre Salmon Point Campground on Highland Lake. Only 167 voters favored the sale, while 277 were against it. Voters also said no to tar sands by overwhelmingly passing a resolution opposing any future […]

  • Town Hall RFP rekindles rec program damage debate

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bridgton Selectmen on Tuesday awarded low bidder Casco Engineering the contract to begin a long-awaited analysis of the structural integrity of the Old Town Hall. The review, which will cost $11,872, is seen as a first step toward an eventual town-wide vote on making needed repairs to the historic North […]

  • Bridgton recreation director moving on

    By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer After nearly three years on the job, Bridgton Recreation Director Tom Tash is moving on. He’s getting married in a month to his fiancée Emma Holley, and they need to relocate to the Augusta area to allow her to take over her mother’s hair salon from her sister, who is […]