Bridgton Select Board notes

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August 2019.

Ready for another season. The Bridgton Farmers’ Market eagerly awaits the return to their Depot Street location on May 6.

Brenna Mae ThomasGoogins of Patch Farm gave the Select Board an overview of the upcoming market season. It will include 23 vendors, four of which are new. There will be 32 tents, including an information booth, community tent where non-profit groups can get their word out, a music tent, and a guest vendor tent. Brenna Mae said this tent will be used by different artisans “to provide things the market is missing” and a “chance to try us out and see if it is a fit.”

She noted that the market space can accommodate 35 tents, and there is no spillover to the Community Center grounds. She added that the market found success moving to the Mason’s Hall on Route 117 for the winter — “it was so warm and cozy,” she said.

“I think you folks have done an outstanding job creating a year-round market,” Selectman Bob McHatton said.

Nomination papers are available until the close of business on April 14. Positions (all three-year terms) open include:

(2) Select Board Member/Assessor/Overseer

Pre-K & Kindergarten Registration

for the 2023-24 school year in the MSAD #61 School District

NOW is the time to apply for Pre-K and register your child for Kindergarten. If he/she will be entering Kindergarten and will be five years old on or before October 15, 2023 or Pre-K, four years old on or before October 15, 2023.

Pre-K & Kindergarten Enrollment Form: Please go to our district website at www.lakeregionschools.org → District Information → Parents

→ Useful Forms → Enrollment Form, and complete and return your registration form to the appropriate elementary school by March 27, 2023. Once you have returned the form to the appropriate school where your child will be attending, please contact the school to schedule an appointment for screening, which is required by state law. School contact information is below.

April 10 & 11, 2023 Kindergarten

April 12 & 13, 2023

Pre-K

Songo Locks School for Casco and Naples Residents — 25 Songo School Road, Naples, ME 04055. Please call Mrs. Griffin at 693-6828 or e-mail at elaine.griffin@lakeregionschools.org with any questions.

April 3 & 4, 2023 Pre-K

April 5 & 6, 2023 Kindergarten

Stevens Brook Elementary School for Bridgton Residents — 14 Frances Bell Dr. Bridgton, ME 04009 Call Mrs. Lesure at 647-5675 or e-mail at marybeth.lesure@lakeregionschools.org with any questions.

$3,604,462, up $549,861, 18%.

Fire Department

— Keep the same or change?

If taxpayers want to keep the status quo, they can support Article 17 which raises $189,988 for the Fire Department.

Or, they can raise $402,695 “which would expand fire coverage significantly,” Article 27 states. This option includes a full-time fire chief, one per diem (Monday-Friday) firefighter/EMT and two per diem firefighters/EMTs for Saturday and Sunday. This package offers fire and EMS coverage 7 days a week.

“This article is NOT in addition to Article 17,” the warrant article explains.

If voters want to pass Article 27, then Articles 17, 28 and 29 are no longer valid.

Article 28 calls for $288,133 to operate the Fire Department with a full-time fire chief (5 days a week). Again, this article is NOT an add-on to Article 17. If voters want this option, then Articles 17, 27 and 29 are no longer valid.

Finally, there is Article of the Poor;

29 which raises $404,991. It includes a fire chief at an annual stipend, along with 2 per diem firefighters/EMTs (7 days a week). This article expands fire coverage from the current 1 day a week to 7 days a week.

When asked whether the Select Board was interested in conducting a straw poll regarding the fire options, Sykes said officials decided to let the townspeople determine the FD path by putting out the four proposals to choose from. There was concern regarding voters being “confused” by all the article language before them. Sykes said the town has reached out to legal counsel to assist them in creating wording that paints a crystal clear picture as to what each choice means. The Select Board plans to meet tonight, March 30, to continue the budget process, and hope to deliver a final draft by April 4. Harrison will return to an in-person town meeting, scheduled for Friday, June 24 at 6 p.m. at Harrison Elementary School. Town elections will be held on Tuesday, June 14.

(1) Planning Board Member;

(1) Planning Board Alternate Member;

(2) SAD 61 Directors;

(1) Water District Trustee. Passing the test. Loralee Phillips, assistant to the Code Enforcement Officer, passed her Internal Plumbing class with an 81, making her an official LPI (Local Plumbing Inspector).

Police Blotter

(Continued from Page 4A) received a report of flashlights seen in the woods near caller’s home.

10:21 p.m. Welfare check (female sleeping in a vehicle) on Portland Road.

Saturday, March 25

2:29 a.m. Mental health event on Kansas Road.

8:27 a.m. Citizen dispute on North Road.

10:56 a.m. Motor vehicle crash on Portland Road.

4:46 p.m. Citizen assist on Mountain Road.

6:56 p.m. Motor vehicle crash at the intersection of South High Street and South Bridgton Road.

9:05 p.m. Theft complaint on South High Street.

Sunday, March 26

2:33 p.m. Juvenile problem on Brickyard Hill Road.

3:52 p.m. Welfare check on Harrison Road.

4:45 p.m. Animal problem on Pond Road.

Monday, March 27

7:44 a.m. Motor vehicle crash at the intersection of Harrison Road and Garden Way.

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