Archive for ‘News’

  • Casco Comp Plan draft on website

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — A few decades ago, there was an antacid advertisement that posed the question, ‘How do you spell relief?’ If asked to define relief, certain committee members would say relief is having a completed, edited version of the Casco Comprehensive Plan draft. The people experiencing a sense of […]

  • Casco planner options — part-time, full-time or consulting?

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — On the same evening that the Casco Board of Selectmen shared in the public announcement that the comp plan draft had been completed, the board heard a presentation on different options for having a town planner.  Last week, the Town of Gray’s Community Development Director Doug Webster […]

  • Loon Echo Land Trust secures permanent conservation of 362 acres in Naples

    NAPLES — Loon Echo Land Trust (LELT) announces the permanent conservation of 362 acres of undeveloped forestland in Naples. After a multi-year fundraising effort, LELT purchased a conservation easement from the landowner, Oani-SC LLC, on Monday, Nov. 13. The land will remain under private ownership, however the easement permanently secures public access for hunting, fishing, […]

  • Casco tables adult-use marijuana store

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Landrace Cannabis Co. has retail stores in Woolwich, Hollis, Sanford and Portland. The family-owned company would like to open its next retail store along Route 302 in Casco, according to co-owner Lindsay Holden. The company plans to lease an existing building, which was formerly a residential dwelling, […]

  • Letters pen war history

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer HARRISON — During World War I and also World War II, people used whatever paper or greeting cards they could find to write letters to their family members fighting overseas. When Carolee Collier ran across a postcard in the Harrison Historical Society Museum, and she saw that it said, […]

  • Rotary Club Veteran of the Year, Milton McKeen

    In 2021-22, the Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club chose to fund an Honor Flight experience for a worthy veteran from the Lake Region. Milton McKeen was chosen and the Flight in May of 2022 became a major highlight in the veteran’s life. Milt, as he is called by his friends, was spotlighted in the Bridgton Community […]

  • C-N Transfer Station closes 1 hour earlier

    Winter hours for the Casco-Naples Transfer Station & Bulky Waste Facility Bulky Waste is open: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, 7 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Transfer Site is open: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Both facilities are closing 1 hour earlier.  By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Now […]

  • Musings of an old Veteran…On Maine Honor Flight

    By Allen Crabtree Special to The News It has been 59 years, almost to the month, when I stepped off the plane onto Tan Son Nhut airfield in Saigon as a young U.S. Air Force First Lieutenant. In 1964, there were only about 23,000 American military in Vietnam, and the “American War” would grow to […]

  • Area Veterans Day services

    Around the United States, veterans of all wars and conflicts are being honored this Saturday, Nov. 11. Around the Lake Region, here are some events that are taking place to honor our local veterans. BRIDGTON Veterans Day services, Saturday, 11 a.m., Farragut Memorial Park on North High Street across from the Old Town Hall. CASCO […]

  • How area residents voted on Tuesday, Nov. 7

    ELECTION RESULTS (Unofficial) • According to daily newspapers published reports at 10 a.m. Wednesday, with 92.45% of the estimated vote counted, the prevailing votes were: Q1 Debt approval, Yes Q2 Campaign contributions, Yes Q3 New power company, No Q4 Right to repair, Yes Q5 Petition review, Yes Q6 Printed copies, Yes Q7 Veto petition, No […]