Archive for ‘News’

  • Bridgton short takes: No Harvest Moon Festival this year

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Harvest Moon setting — An amazing amount of volunteer time, effort and planning goes into holding a community fair. Unfortunately, it can all add up and take a toll. When Bridgton Select Board Chair Carmen Lone announced that the Harvest Moon Festival was donating $1,545.32 toward Bridgton Rec summer […]

  • Bridgton property values spike; reval needed

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer The last time Bridgton underwent a real estate revaluation was 2016. Does anyone think those figures equal current market values? Assessing Agent Denis Berube has looked at recent sale figures, and to no surprise, finds Bridgton “dramatically undervaluing” its properties. The only solution — a revaluation. “They (the state) […]

  • Firehouse Chatter

    By Jay Spenciner Special to The News I recently received my 25-year pin from the Bridgton Fire Department. I’m very happy and proud to have received it, but is it really that many years? I decided to check out some really long-term members. All were interviewed separately, but combined to be more interesting. All are […]

  • Naples town report dedicated to four lives

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Each year, as time marches on, someone dies who lived in a town and made it better. In the Town of Naples, in 2023 through early 2024, four citizens who contributed to their town died. Furthermore, the Naples Town Report was dedicated to those four people: Roland […]

  • Town Meeting: Naples voters take bite out of ACO line

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Is somebody barking up the wrong tree? The majority of citizens at Naples Annual Town Meeting rejected the budget for the Animal Control Officer. There was a bit of snag — in how to proceed without an approved budget, especially since the agreement to fund the position […]

  • Harrison at the Polls — Four compete for two Select Board seats

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer HARRISON — Incumbents Philip Devlin and Frederick Ross will face challenges for their seats on the Harrison Select Board at next month’s municipal election. Alfred Fitzmorris and Deborah Kane will challenge for one of two 3-year terms. The municipal election, along with the SAD 17 vote and State Primary, […]

  • Sebago at the Polls — Two compete for Select Board seat; School Committee profiles

    SEBAGO — When Sebago voters head to the polls on June 11 for the municipal election (polls open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.), they will decide upon the following positions: Select Board, one 3-year term — Candidates Susan Thuotte and Terri Welch. Budget Committee, two 3-year terms — Karen Wiles, and write-in candidate Richard M. […]

  • Rowland returns as GLLT executive director

    LOVELL — Erika Rowland is back in the Greater Lovell Land Trust’s executive director’s seat. GLLT announced last week that Dr. Rowland of Bridgton has been appointed as its Executive Director, effective June 1, 2024. She will succeed Rhyan Paquereau, who was appointed as Interim Executive Director in 2023. Paquereau will remain at the Land […]

  • Park or not to park? Change to Traffic Ordinance would create no park zone near Cedar Drive

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer When residents and visitors to Cedar Drive attempt to pull out of the street onto Route 302, it can be a “white knuckle” moment. A proposed change to the town’s Traffic Ordinance could improve driver visibility by limiting parking near Cedar Drive, which is a short distance from the […]

  • Survey launched — SAD 61 seeks public help to draft ‘blueprint’ for future

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer SAD 61 needs a new blueprint for its future. “Our purpose in updating our Strategic Plan is to provide a blueprint that focuses the work of the District and guides us in achieving common goals,” Assistant Superintendent Dr. Pat Hayden said. “It will include a mission statement (what we do), […]