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Milfoil clean-up: Team effort needed
Sebago Lake; they have proven their resilience in places where individual homeowners clear the areas around their dock, leaving the rest of the infestation to return. LEA’s success in the Songo River has stemmed from addressing the infestation as a whole. The same approach will only be possible around the lake if entire neighborhoods band together to create the resources for a consistent approach using proven techniques. Individuals interested in controlling milfoil with the strategies LEA has developed should work to find support amongst their community and form a working group: road associations, condo associations, and neighborhood groups. LEA and RWPA have the knowledge to help set up a crew to remove milfoil. Once a support group has been organized, they should contact Adam Perron of LEA at Adam@leamaine.org for guidance on how to get their work group underway.
Bridgton Police These items appeared on the Bridgton Police Department blotter (this is a partial listing): Tuesday, Jan. 29 8:34 p.m. Fryeburg Police requested backup after stopping a vehicle with several occupants on Cobb Street. Wednesday, Jan. 30 1:02 p.m. Marion A. Gesimondo, 48, of Bridgton was arrested on a warrant for unpaid fines for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence by Bridgton Police Officer Mac McCormick. Ms. Gesimondo was transported to the Cumberland County Jail in Portland. 4:22 p.m. Two 100-gallon propane tanks were reportedly stolen from a Misty Meadow Lane property. 8:42 p.m. A local resident asked an officer to speak with a 15year-old girl, who had been “belligerent” for several days. The next day, the teen locked her mother out of the house. Thursday, Jan. 31 12 p.m. Police were asked to check a boy’s laptop computer, which a parent found “graphic” material on it. Friday, Feb. 1 6:28 a.m. A 2001 Volkswagen Jetta, registered to Bryan N. Driscoll of Bridgton, struck a utility pole at the intersection of Dugway and Middle Ridge Roads. 3 p.m. Timothy A. Vacchiano, 32, and Angela M. Rodriguez, 37, both of Bridgton were summonsed for endangering the welfare of a child by Bridgton Police Officer Phillip Jones. 4:55 p.m. A Bridgton woman reported that her mother removed NOT ON FIRM ICE — A truck went through the ice on Long her vehicle’s license plates without permission. Lake in Naples over the weekend. Maine Game Wardens 11:51 p.m. Jason D. Mallar, 38, of Portland was summonsed warn the public to check ice thickness before driving onto for illegal transportation of drugs by Bridgton Police Officer Brad area lakes and ponds. POLICE BLOTTER, Page A
Ice conditions still shaky
Following a very busy weekend, which included a truck breaking through ice on Long Lake in Naples, the Maine Warden Service reminds people who recreate on the ice to use extreme caution and good judgment. Game wardens responded to eight different incidents over the weekend that included both people and motor vehicles going through the ice. Fortunately, everyone involved in the incidents below survived. Moosehead Lake, Saturday, Feb. 2: At 8:45 a.m., wardens responded to a call of an ATV through the ice. An ATV carrying two passengers near Dry Point on Moosehead Lake became submerged in water created by a pressure ridge. James Doucette, 45, of Bangor, and Jay Munson, 44, of Orrington, made it out of the water and were aided by nearby fisherman. The ATV remains in the water. Green Lake, Ellsworth, Feb. 2: At 10:20 a.m., wardens responded to a report of a snowmobile through the ice near Scott’s Neck on Green Lake. Christopher Duplessis, from New Hampshire, was on a 2000 Arctic Cat 340 snowmobile when he went through the ice. Duplessis was able
Story correction CORRECTION — In last week’s article regarding the Collective Cupboard Program, the nonprofit group, CrossWalk Community Outreach in Naples was incorrectly identified as CrossRoads Outreach.
to make it out of the ice to safety. The snowmobile was submerged in eight feet of water and was removed the following day. Schoodic Lake, Lakeview, Feb. 2: At 2:30 p.m., wardens responded to the report of two ATVs through the ice. One ATV was being operated by an adult male. The other was operated by an adult male with a three-year-old passenger. The man and three-yearold child were able to jump to safe ice and did not enter the water as later determined. The other man did enter the water but made it to safety. Both ATV’s remain in the water. There were no injuries in this incident. Sebassticook Lake, Newport, Feb. 2: At 6:30 p.m., an ATV (side by side/ UTV) operated by Owen Cooper, 57, of Newport, carrying four other passengers went into the Sebasticook Lake. All passengers made it to safety with the help of citizen volunteers. The UTV remains in the water. Big Wood Lake, Jackman, Feb. 2: At 6:45 p.m., wardens responded to a report
of two snowmobiles through the ice. Raymond Buker, 21, of Winslow, and Adam Lee, 34, of Benton, both made it to safety. The snowmobiles remain in the water. Long Lake, Naples, Sunday, Feb. 3: At 9:30 a.m., wardens responded to a call of a motor vehicle (truck) through the ice on Long Lake. The truck entered into approximately two feet of water. Robert Allen II, 40, of Naples was the vehicle owner/operator. The truck was towed out shortly thereafter. Long Pond, Southwest Harbor, Monday, Feb. 4: At 1:30 a.m., wardens responded to a vehicle through the ice on Long Pond. A truck driven by Micea Novac, 25, of Southwest Harbor, drove into open water. Novac and a female passenger were able to exit the vehicle and entered a nearby camp for shelter. The vehicle remains in the water. Long Pond is a public water supply and Novac is currently working with the Park Service to have the vehicle removed. Mount Desert Police Department assisted.
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By Adam Perron Special to The News STANDISH — Over 50 members of the Sebago Lake Region community gathered at Saint Joseph’s College in Standish Jan. 25 to discuss the first steps in controlling Sebago Lake’s prolific milfoil infestation. The Lakes Environmental Association and the Raymond Waterways Protective Association organized the Sebago Lake Milfoil Summit, with the goal of helping homeowners, associations, local businesses and municipalities join together to create new working groups to tackle the lake’s worst infestations. Representatives of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Division of Parks and Public Land, as well as a Saint Joseph’s College researcher, municipal officials and business owners were in attendance. Sebago Lake is at a turning point where milfoil threatens to permanently consume the lake’s coves and bays unless significant resources are brought to bear on the problem. LEA and RWPA have developed practical expertise in invasive plant control over the past decade. For example, by strategically and consistently applying a combination of management techniques, LEA has removed over 99% of the milfoil in the upper half of the Songo River and in Brandy Pond in Naples. In recent growing seasons, only a few dozen plants have reestablished in former infestation sites. As the group has worked down river in the lower Songo, re-growth patterns suggest a similar level of success. With the end of the removal phase of the Songo River Project on the horizon, LEA and RWPA are exploring how to best share the knowledge gained from investing more than 10,000 hours of staff time in milfoil control. The groups envision a broadbased community partnership centered on the creation of regional milfoil control groups. LEA and RWPA have the knowledge and infrastructure to help establish and train new management teams using a cost-effective nonprofit model, but community partners are essential for generating the resources necessary for establishing these teams. Each group will learn to use proven strategies and focus on the infestation in that part of Sebago Lake that is most important to them. There are 18 infestations in
February 7, 2013, The Bridgton News, Page A